Coire nam Fiadh
valley · Argyll and Bute
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This valley is named after wild animals or deer. 'Coire' means a corrie or cauldron-shaped hollow, and 'fiadh' means wild animal or deer.
Word origins
- Coire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie, cauldron(from coire "cauldron, pot, corrie")
- nam Fiadh
- GaelicAttestedof the wild animals/deer(from nam "of the", fiadh "wild animal, deer")