Lochlann is a variant of Lochlainn, signifying Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway in the modern Gaelic languages. It is cognate with the Welsh name for Scandinavia, Llychlyn. In both old Gaelic and old Welsh, such names literally mean 'land of lakes' or 'land of swamps'. It may originally have referred to the mythical, undersea otherworldly abode of the Fomorians of Irish mythology or an early Norse settlement in Scotland.