Coire nan Cadhan
valley · Highland
GaelicAI-generated
This valley is named after inlets or coves. 'Coire' means a corrie or cauldron-shaped hollow. 'Cadhan' is a variant of 'cadha', meaning a narrow pass, inlet, or cove.
Word origins
- Coire
- Gaeliccorrie, cauldron-shaped hollow(from coire "cauldron, corrie")
- nan
- Gaelicof the(from an "the (plural)")
- Cadhan
- Gaelicinlets, coves(from cadhan "narrow pass, inlet, cove")