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 (ā€œdellā€).

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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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