Definition of Logan

1. Noun. A mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).

Exact synonyms: Mount Logan
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

Loew
Loewe
Loewenthal's bundle
Loewenthal's reaction
Loewenthal's tract
Loewi
Loffler
Loffler's disease
Loffler's endocarditis
Loffler's parietal fibroplastic endocarditis
Loffler's syndrome
Lofortyx
Lofortyx californicus
Lofoten
Lofty
Logan
Logania
Loganiaceae
Loglan
Logo
Logos
Logres
Logroño
Lohlein-Baehr lesion
Lohmann reaction
Loire
Loire-Atlantique
Loire River
Loire Vally
Loiret

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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