Ryan, Loch, an arm of the sea penetrating Wigtownshire in a south-easterly direction, 8 m. long and from 1½ to 3 broad; at its landward end is Stranraer (q.v.); forms an excellent anchorage.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ruyter, Michael de * Rybinsk