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lagan

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈlæɡən/
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in County Down and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which flows through the city of Belfast into Belfast Lough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: law

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4

noun

Meaning 4

goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lagend, ligan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wreckage

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey Lagan, from lagan (“sand”).

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from Medieval Latin laga maris (“law of the sea”), from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) and Latin maris (“of the sea”)