Coire Odhar-beag
valley · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a small, dun-coloured corrie or hollow. It is composed of the Gaelic word for corrie, 'coire', and 'odhar' meaning dun or tawny, with 'beag' signifying small.
Word origins
- Coire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie, hollow, cauldron(from coire "cauldron, pot, corrie")
- Odhar
- GaelicAttesteddun, tawny, greyish-brown(from odhar "dun, tawny, greyish-brown")
- beag
- GaelicAttestedsmall, little(from beag "small, little")