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| cirque [ surk ] (plural cirques) |
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semicircular hollow on mountainside: a semicircular hollow with steep walls formed by glacial erosion on mountains. It often forms the head of a valley.
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| [Mid-19th century. Via French< Latin circus "ring"] |
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