Glen
noun/ɡlɛn/
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.
- Related terms
- Glen Parva, Great Glen
glen
nounalso spelled GlenUS, UK /ɡlɛn/ · /ɡlɪn/
Etymology From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn.
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A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
- What riches too, of gold and jewels, might not be hidden among those forest-shrouded glens and peaks? And beyond, and beyond again, ever new islands, new continents perhaps, an inexhaustible wealth of yet undiscovered worlds.1871, Charles Kingsley, “Down the Islands”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 41:
- In the glens of the hills about Strathsporran are many noble and nimble stags. But I have never set foot in my house there, for it is carpeted throughout with the tartan of my clan.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC:
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Aeroglen, Ardglen, Campsie Glen, Ferny Glen, Forest Glen, Glenaire, Glenaladale, Glenalbyn, Glen Alice, Glen Allen, Glen Allyn, Glenalmond, Glen Alpine, Glenalta, Glen Alvie, Glenarbon, Glenaroua, Glenaubyn, Glenaven, Glen Bain, Glenbar, Glenbawn, Glen Boughton, Glenbrae, Glenbrook, Glenburn, Glenburnie, Glen Cairn, Glencoe, Glen Cove, Glen Creek, Glendale, Glendalough, Glendambo, Glendaurel, Glen Davis, Glenden, Glendenning, Glendevie, Glendon, Glendonald, Glendon Brook, Glendora, Glen Douglas, Gleneagle, Glen Echo, Glen Eden, Glen Eira, Glenelg, Glenelg East, Glen Elgin, Glenelg North, Glenella, Glenellen, Glen Ellyn, Glen Esk, Glenfalloch, Glen Falloch, Glen Fergus, Glenfern, Glen Fiddich, Glenfield, Glenfield Park, Glen Forbes, Glen Forrest, Glenfyne, Glengallan, Glen Gardner, Glengarrie, Glengarry, Glengarry North, Glengarry West, Glengower, Glengowrie, Glenhaughton, Glenhaven, Glenhope, Glenhope East, Glen Huntly, Glen Huon, Gleniffer, Glen Innes, Glen Iris, Glenisla, Glen Isla, Glenlee, Glenleigh, glenlike, Glenlofty, Glenlogan, Glenlogie, Glenloth, Glenloth East, Glenluce, Glenlynn, Glenlyon, Glen Lyon, Glenmaggie, Glen Martin, Glen Mervyn, Glenmoral, Glenmore, Glenmore Park, Glenmorgan, Glen Nevis, Glennies Creek, Glenning Valley, Glen Niven, Glen Oak, Glen Ogle, Glenora, Glenoran, Glenorchy, Glenore Grove, Glenorie, Glenormiston North, Glenormiston South, Glen Osmond, Glen Park, Glen Parva, Glenpatrick, Glenquarry, Glenrae, Glenreagh, Glenridding, Glen Ridge, Glenrock, Glen Rock, Glen Rose, Glenrothes, Glenrowan, Glenrowan West, Glenroy, Glen Russell, Glen Ruth, Glen Shee, Glenside, Glenthompson, Glenthorne, Glentromie, Glenugie, Glenunga, Glenvale, Glen Valley, Glenview, Glen Ward, Glen Waverley, Glen William, Glen Wills, Glenwood, Glenworth Valley, Great Glen, Groudle Glen, Hirstglen, Monarch Glen, Nana Glen, Riverglen, Rocky Glen, Rosa Glen, Rossglen, Rutherglen, South Glencoe, The Glen, Warner Glen, Watkins Glen, Wattle Glen, Woodglen, Yarra Glen- Related terms
- defile, gully, strath, glen plaid