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Lagan

//ˈlæɡən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in County Down and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which flows through the city of Belfast into Belfast Lough.
  2. 2
    A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 1
    Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership. uncountable

    "The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend, and crowded to meet the richer prize."

  2. 2
    goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”)

Etymology 2

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

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