corrie

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A female given name, diminutive of Cora, Corinne, or borrowed from the Dutch pet form of Cornelia
A male given name, occasional transferred use of the surname
Coronation Street (soap opera)
A Scottish surname
A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation
diminutive of Cora, Corinne, or borrowed from the Dutch pet form of Cornelia
occasional transferred use of the surname
{i} cirque, emicircular bowl-shaped hole with steep walls inside of a hill or mountain formed by glacial erosion (Geology)
A glacially scoured bowl or saucer-shaped hollow in a high mountain side Other names include cirque (French) and cwm (Welsh)
(Welsh cwm; French cirque) steep-sided hollow in the mountainside of a glaciated area A corrie is open at the front, and its sides and back are formed of aretes There may be a lake in the bottom, called a tarn
A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain caused by glacial erosion After glaciation, the depression may contain a lake
a deep bowl-shaped area on a mountain (coire )
Same as Correi
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
comes from the Gaelic coire, and is applied to a round hollow in the mountainside and to a whirlpool The name literally means a kettle (or, more strictly, a cauldron or boiler, which in olden days did not have handles or a spout like a modern kettle)
corries
plural of corrie
corrie

    Hyphenation

    cor·rie

    Turkish pronunciation

    kôri

    Synonyms

    cirque

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkôrē/ /ˈkɔːriː/

    Etymology

    () From Highland Scottish Gaelic.
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