Corrib

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proper noun

A lake in County Galway and County Mayo, Ireland, also called Lough Corrib.

OriginIrish Coirib →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A lake in County Galway and County Mayo, Ireland, also called Lough Corrib.
  2. A river in County Galway, Ireland, connecting the lough to the sea.

    Students were balancing a kayak down by the back of the Science Building. Ambitious, Jamie said. Why? That’s the fastest-flowing river in Europe, the Corrib, Jamie said.

    2023, Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat, Vintage (2024), page 230

Origin

  1. IrishCoirib
  2. EnglishCorrib

From Irish Coirib. It is connected with the legend of Manannán mac Lir, whose distinguishing feature was the corrbolg (literally “crane bag”), the most likely source of Corrib.

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Translations

Irish an Choirib, Loch Coirib
  • an Choiriblake
  • Loch Coiriblake
  • Abhainn na Gaillimheriver
Cite this entry
APA

Corrib. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corrib

MLA

“Corrib.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corrib. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Corrib,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corrib.

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