Coire a' Chaorainn
valley · Highland
GaelicAI-generated
This valley is named after rowan trees. 'Coire' means a corrie or cauldron-shaped valley, and 'chaorainn' is the genitive plural of 'caorunn' meaning rowan tree.
Word origins
- Coire
- Gaeliccorrie, cauldron-shaped valley(from coire "cauldron")
- a' Chaorainn
- Gaelicof the rowan trees(from caorunn "rowan tree", -ainn "genitive plural suffix")