Logan

[ loh-guhn ]

noun

1. John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
2. Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.
3. Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).
4. a city in N Utah.
5. a male given name.

logan

¹

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. another name for bogan 1

logan

²

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. other names for rocking stone

Logan

³

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. Mount Logan
   a mountain in NW Canada, in SW Yukon in the St Elias Range: the highest peak in Canada and the second highest in North America. Height (after a re-survey in 1993): 5959 m (19 550 ft)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Logan¹

C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock

Example Sentences

I abruptly discovered I’d relied on Logan’s coffee houses for significant interaction and meet-up space.

From Washington Blade

Logan said she believes Amazon will work toward integrating 3P fulfillment even further to make things clearer for consumers so they understand where the product is coming from.

From Digiday

She is an archaeologist who works at Utah State University in Logan.

From Science News For Students

Logan represents the life that Rory would have had if Lorelai hadn’t turned her back on the Gilmores.

From Vox

She’s an environmental engineer at the University of Utah in Logan.

From Science News For Students

We spent a lot of time creating a backstory for our “Man” played by David Logan Rankin.

From The Daily Beast

Religious leaders were there, Logan said, but not all of them were dressed in typical preacher garb.

From The Daily Beast

That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”

From The Daily Beast

For his part, Logan now believes that more than 95 percent of cone bearing trees are infected.

From The Daily Beast

Logan complains that his requests for information remain unanswered.

From The Daily Beast

Have a cancer in the bowels next week or go off to see a dyin' brother, but don't give evidence at the Logan Trial—don't do it.

From Project Gutenberg

This was intensified after the Logan Trial and the shooting of the man who somehow seemed to have made her live in a new way.

From Project Gutenberg

Logan came and went inside an hour, spending all his time in a secret conference with Cornstalk.

From Project Gutenberg

Mister Logan, the receiver of the bank of Adot, has foreclosed a mortgage on the real estate and seeks possession.

From Project Gutenberg

Mister Logan has the bank's affairs in good shape, except for this item, and it's got him badly worried.

From Project Gutenberg