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haugh¹

  • /hɔː/ Northern England, Scotland
  • /hɔːx/ Northern England, Scotland

Rhymes with -ɔː, -ɔːx

Where it comes from

From Northern English dialectal and Scots haugh, from Northern Middle English *halgh, from Old English healh (“corner, nook”), from Proto-West Germanic *halh. Doublet of hale.

noun haughs

  1. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh, or level plain, near to a royal borough, […]

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Haugh²

Where it comes from

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEachach (“descendant of Eochu”), a popular name derived from Old Irish ech (“horse”).

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Early Scots halh (“minor elevation in a marshland”).

* Also as an English surname, variant of Hough.

proper noun Haughs

  1. An English surname.

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"haugh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/haugh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

haugh. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/haugh

Chicago

"haugh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/haugh.

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@misc{haugh_2026,
  title = {haugh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haugh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}