Corrie
- describing a hollow in a hill-side, or a hollow between hills or mountains, corrie has been recorded in Scots sources since the Middle Ages. It is derived from Gaelic coire, which can denote a cauldron, a whirlpool or a hollow in a hill, and is found in place-names coined by Gaelic speakers. Examples include Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorms, translated as ‘Corrie of the Snows’. Scots coinages are typically those of the type Corrie of X, where corrie is been added to an earlier name, as in Corrie of Bellaty in Angus.