corrie

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Definition of corrie in English English dictionary: 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

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cor·rie

kôri

/ˈkôrē/ /ˈkɔːriː/

() From Highland Scottish Gaelic.

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