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–noun

cirque (def. 1).

[Origin: 1850–55; < Welsh: valley. See combe

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n.

A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. Also called cwm.
A ring; a circle.

[French, from Latin circus, circle; see circle.]

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n. See cirque.

[Welsh, valley.]

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