corrie

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See also: Corrie

English

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cirque

Etymology

From Highland Scottish Gaelic, perhaps from Celtic cor ("a corner").

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɒɹi

Noun

corrie (plural corries)

A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
- 1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
  Fleet foot on the corrie.

Synonyms

cirque

Translations

geographical feature of glaciation

Finnish: kattilalaakso (fi)
French: cirque (fr) f
German: Kar (de) n
Hungarian: cirkuszvölgy (hu), kárvölgy, kárfülke
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Italian: circo (it) m
Polish: cyrk lodowcowy (pl) m, kar (pl) m, kocioł (pl) m
Russian: цирк (ru) m (cirk)
Scottish Gaelic: coire m
Welsh: cwm (cy)

Anagrams

correi, orrice

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