Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach
hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire · 1110m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach means 'cairn of the beautiful corrie'. It describes a cairn located in a picturesque hollow or cirque on the mountainside.
Word origins
- Carn
- Gaeliccairn(from carn "cairn, heap of stones")
- a'
- GaelicAttestedof the(from a' "of the (genitive)")
- Choire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron, hollow")
- Bhoidheach
- Gaelicbeautiful(from bòidheach "beautiful, lovely")
Historical forms
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