Meall a' Choire Leith
hill or mountain · Perth and Kinross · 926m
MunroMarilyn
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name means 'the mountain of the grey corrie'. 'Meall' means 'bare rounded hill' or 'mountain', 'a' choire' means 'of the corrie', and 'leith' means 'grey'.
Word origins
- Meall
- Gaelicmountain(from mál "bare rounded hill")
- a' choire
- GaelicAttestedof the corrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron-shaped hollow")
- Leith
- Gaelicgrey(from liath "grey")
Historical forms
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