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Definition of cirque noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cirque

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