Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin
hill or mountain · Highland · 1105m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name refers to the pointed peak (stob) of the middle (mheadhoin) corrie (a' choire). It indicates a prominent peak located in a central corrie.
Word origins
- Stob
- GaelicAttestedpointed peak(from stob "stake, post, pointed peak")
- a' Choire
- Gaelicof the corrie(from a' coire "the corrie")
- Mheadhoin
- Gaelicmiddle(from meadhonach "middle, central")
Historical forms
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