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loch

LOKH
A lake, especially one set in mountains — darker and deeper than the English word implies. A loch has depth and mood. The water is peat-stained, the shores are heather, and the surface holds the sky like a mirror.
Etymology
Scottish Gaelic: loch, lake. From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Celtic *loku-.