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Meall Liath Choire

hill or mountain · Highland · 549m

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Meall Liath Choire is a Gaelic name meaning 'grey peak of the corrie'. It describes a peak within a corrie (a cirque or mountain hollow) that is grey in colour.

Word origins

Meall
Gaelicpeak(from meall "hill, knoll, peak")
Liath
Gaelicgrey(from liath "grey")
Choire
Gaeliccorrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron, hollow")