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Loch Coire Mhic Mhathain

lake or loch · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This loch is named after a corrie, which is a mountain cirque or hollow. The name translates to 'MacMathan's Corrie'.

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake
Coire
Gaeliccorrie, cauldron, hollow
Mhic Mhathain
Gaelicson of Mathan(from mac "son", Mathan "a personal name")