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Coire an Easain

valley · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This valley is named after the 'valley of the small waterfall'. 'Easain' is the diminutive form of 'eas', meaning waterfall.

Word origins

Coire
Gaeliccorrie, cirque, cauldron-shaped hollow(from coire "cauldron, pot")
an Easain
Gaelicof the small waterfall(from eas "waterfall", -an "diminutive suffix")