Coire nan Caorach
valley · Argyll and Bute
GaelicAI-generated
This valley is named after sheep. 'Coire' means a corrie or cauldron-shaped hollow. 'Caorach' is the plural of 'caora', meaning sheep.
Word origins
- Coire
- Gaeliccorrie, cauldron-shaped hollow(from coire "cauldron, corrie")
- nan
- Gaelicof the(from an "the (plural)")
- Caorach
- Gaelicsheep(from caora "sheep")