Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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name
A village in the isle of Arran, in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0242).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A diminutive of the female given names Cora or Corinne, or borrowed from the Dutch pet form of Cornelia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Abbreviation of Coronation Street, a soap opera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Synonyms: cirque, combe, cwm
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cirque, cwm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: basin
History
From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.
Diminutive from Coronation Street + -ie.
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
