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Definition of Logan
1. Noun. A mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
Group relationships: Yukon, Yukon Territory, St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Definition of Logan
1. n. A rocking or balanced stone.
Definition of Logan
1. Proper noun. Places in Scotland, Canada, U.S., and Australia. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Scottish Gaelic dot=) derived from the Scottish places. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname A=An (etyl ga) from=Irish dot=), an Anglicization of (term Ó Leocháin lang=ga). ¹
4. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surnames. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s. ¹
5. Proper noun. (surnames female given name) used since the 1990s; much less common than the male name. ¹
6. Noun. A rocking or balanced stone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Logan
1. a stone balanced to permit easy movement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Logan
Literary usage of Logan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1789)
"Remarkable Speech of Logan, a Min. go Chief to Lord Dunmore, 'when Governor of
Virginia. ... This happened tobe the family of Logan, who had long been ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Logan received a medal of honor voted him by congress, and inscribed, "Vicksburg,
... Logan succeeded Sherman in the command of the 15th army corps in 1863, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The name Logan was given to the son in honour of James Logan (1674-1751), secretary
of William I'cnn and a steadfast friend of the Indians. ..."
4. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his
camp, an advocate of peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen ..."
5. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"Lamorna is б'Д М. from the Logan Rock (see below) by the coast. The Logan Rock
is a mass of granite weighing 70 Ions, but во poised tbat it can be rocked ..."
6. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"At an early age James Logan became imbued with a love of letters and science.
... When William Penn left the Province, in 1701, he presented Mr. Logan to ..."
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