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cirque \ˈsərk\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Latin circus — more at circus 1. : circus 1a 2. : circle, circlet — used chiefly in poetry 3. : a deep steep-walled basin high on a mountain usually shaped like half a bowl and often containing a small lake, caused especially by glacial erosion, and usually forming the blunt head of a valley [cirque 3] |