cirque

noun
🔊/sɜːk/
🔊/sɜːrk/
(geology地质学)
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  1. a round hollow area in the side of a mountain山侧圆形凹地 see also corrie, cwm
    Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally referring to a ring or circlet): from French, from Latin circus.