Stob Coire Sgriodain
hill or mountain · Highland · 979m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name describes the peak of the corrie of the screeching or roaring. 'Stob' means peak or pinnacle, 'coire' means corrie or cauldron, and 'sgriodain' relates to screeching or roaring.
Word origins
- Stob
- GaelicAttestedpeak, pinnacle(from stob "peak, pinnacle")
- Coire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie, cauldron(from coire "corrie, cauldron")
- Sgriodain
- Gaelicscreeching, roaring(from sgriodan "screeching, roaring")
Historical forms
[object Object]