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Coire

British  
/ kwar /

noun

  1. the French name for Chur

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They then carried the climber on a stretcher to the team's off-road vehicle in Coire Cas before returning safely to the Cairngorms MRT base by 22:30.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2023

The proposed 92m-high dam and two reservoirs at Coire Glas in the Highlands would be Britain's biggest hydroelectric project for 40 years.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

"SSE needs clarity around how the UK government is going to support projects like Coire Glas," Mr McCutcheon explained.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

Police have confirmed that a body recovered on Stob Coire Sgreamhach in Glen Coe is that of missing hillwalker Neil Gillingham.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2022

The general opinion here is that the French will evacuate Switzerland whenever their line at Luceinsteig and Coire is forced, and some accounts to-day seem to announce that event as having happened.

From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

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