Lochinvar

English

Proper noun

Lochinvar

1. A small lake north-east of St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6585).
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 143:

     Three miles north-east of Dalry is Lochinvar, the small loch with the ruins of an island castle which is said to have been the home of Young Lochinvar, dashing hero of the romantic ballad by Sir Walter Scott.

2. A village in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Scottish loch.