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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river, about 1,490 km (925 mi) long, of southeast Australia flowing northwest then southwest to the Murrumbidgee River.

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  • proper noun A male given name used in Scotland, recently also popular in Australia.

Etymologies

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Scottish Gaelic lachlann, lochlann "land of the lochs, loch or fjord land, i.e. Scandinavia", said to refer to an immigrant from Norway, a Norseman.

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