Loch Eck

National grid reference NS14158694

Loch Eck (Gaelic: Loch Eich) is a loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is seven miles long. Apart from Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat of the powan.

The loch is also an impounding reservoir with a concrete dam measuring 0.870 metres high. The dam was completed in 1973.

In July 2013, two dogs died due to algal bloom present in the loch. Warnings were then posted advising that people and animals should avoid contact with the water.

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Loch

Loch (/ˈlɒx/), is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake and a sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and the Welsh word for lake, llwch.

In English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names, pronounced the same way as loch. In Scottish English, 'loch' is always used.

Some lochs could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs

Background

This name for a body of water is Insular Celtic in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The word is Indo-European in origin; cf. Latin lacus.

Lowland Scots orthography, like Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish, represents /x/ with ch, so the word was borrowed with identical spelling.

English borrowed the word separately from a number of loughs in the previous Cumbric language areas of Northumbria and Cumbria. Earlier forms of English included the sound /x/ as ch (compare Scots bricht with English bright). However, by the time Scotland and England joined under a single parliament, English had lost the /x/ sound. This form was therefore used when the English settled Ireland. The Scots convention of using CH remained, hence the modern Scottish English loch.

Loch (surname)

Loch is the surname of a Scottish Lowlands family whose members have included:

Loch is also a German surname:

Loch (disambiguation)

Loch is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet.

Loch may also refer to:

Eck

Eck or ECK may refer to:

Eckō Unltd.

Eckō Unltd. (also stylized as *eckō unltd.) is a brand of urban lifestyle clothing founded by Marc Milecofsky, a fashion designer. It has been popular since the late 1990s and moved into the mainstream urban culture in the early 2000s. It is most often associated with hip hop. The style is based on graffiti art. Its brand features a rhino as its logo.

History

The creation of Ecko Unltd. came into being from just six t-shirts and a can of spray paint. Marc 'Echo' Milecofsky began selling graffiti-style t-shirts in the mid 1980s and then founded his clothing brand, Ecko Unltd., in 1993 with investments from his twin sister, Marci, and friend, Seth Gerszberg. In 2009, Eckō Unltd. had over $1 billion in global revenue and is the largest brand in streetwear.

On October 27, 2009, Iconix Brand Group paid $109 million for a 51% stake in urban fashion brand Eckō Unltd. It acquired full ownership in May 2013. Iconix Brand Group owns the intellectual property of the Ecko Unltd brand.

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