logan
IPA: ɫˈoʊgʌn
noun
- A rocking or balanced stone.
- (US, northeastern dialects) A marsh.
- A town in Ayrshire, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”).
- A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the town in Ayrshire.
- A surname from Irish, a variant of Lohan.
- A male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
- A number of places in the United States:
- 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 river in the 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.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Logan Township.
- A locality in Victoria, Australia.
- A river in Queensland, Australia; flowing from near Mount Barney into the Moreton Bay at Woongoolba.
- The City of Logan, a local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia. named after Patrick Logan.
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Examples of "logan" in Sentences
- The grandpa of the Logan Children.
- Logan County will never forget it.
- Logan realises that it will be soon.
- Logan gathered and planted the seed.
- Logan declined to be a candidate for reelection.
- Logan Walk is the former driveway to the Logan home.
- Logan also lies at the western end of the Logan Canyon.
- The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone.
- Climbing out of the bay the path passes the precarious Logan Rock.
- She was once the most trusted adviser for the indecisive President Logan.
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