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LOGAN
Logan, Mount Logan
(noun) a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Probably cognate with Danish logre, "to wag the tail".
Noun
logan (plural logans)
A rocking or balanced stone.
Etymology 2
Shortening of pokelogan.
Noun
logan (plural logans)
(US, northeastern dialects) A marsh.
Anagrams
• Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, long a, longa
Proper noun
Logan
A town in Ayrshire, Scotland from lagan (“dell”).
A Scottish habitational surname, from the town in Ayrshire.
An Irish surname, a variant of Lohan.
A male given name from surnames. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.
A female given name from surnames, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
A city, the county seat of Cache County, Utah; named for the river rising in the Bear River Mts.
A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A city, the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio; named for Mingo leader Chief Logan.
A city, the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia; named for Chief Logan.
A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Iowa; named for Union Army general John A. Logan.
A village in New Mexico.
A city in Kansas; named for John A. Logan.
A locality in Victoria.
A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
A river in United States; flowing from the Bear River Mountains in Idaho into the Little Bear River at Benson, Utah.
An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana; named for nearby Logan Creek.
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri; named for a local family.
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri; named for landowners William and Hetty E. Logan.
An unincorporated community in Montana; named for Capt. William Logan, who participated in the campaign against American Indians in Montana.
An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
Anagrams
• Anglo, Anglo-, Golan, NALGO, along, anglo, anglo-, long a, longa
Source: Wiktionary
Log"an, n.
Definition: A rocking or balanced stone. Gwill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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