Coire an Easain
valley · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This valley is named after the 'valley of the small waterfall'. 'Easain' is the diminutive form of 'eas', meaning waterfall.
Word origins
- Coire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie, cirque, cauldron-shaped hollow(from coire "cauldron, pot")
- an Easain
- GaelicAttestedof the small waterfall(from eas "waterfall", -an "diminutive suffix")