English Explanatory Dictionary

glen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
name
  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.
  4. A river in Northumberland, England, a tributary of the River Till.
  5. A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
  8. A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
  9. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
  10. An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  11. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.

Pronunciation

glĕn /ɡlɛn/ glĭn /ɡlɪn/ en-au-glen.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Glen.wav

Word forms

glen glens

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.

Related words

defile gully strath glen plaid glen Glenn Glenna Glen Parva Great Glen

Derived words

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 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
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