Well attestedNamed from the place
Nessie
noun · first attested 1934
The nickname came out of a newspaper's children's drawing competition, months after the first modern sighting.
The supposed monster of Loch Ness.
57.3000°N -4.4500°W · Q49650
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1934
- Part of speech
- noun
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Loch Ness
- In English
Nessie
Modern interest began with a sighting reported in the Inverness Courier in 1933. The earliest known uses of Nessie date from January 1934, in the Glasgow Daily Record and Mail, which ran a competition inviting readers to draw the creature. The name is simply the loch's, Ness, with the Scottish pet-name ending -ie. Loch Ness holds more fresh water than every lake in England and Wales combined.
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