glen

¹ American  

[glen] / glɛn /

noun

1. a small, narrow, secluded valley.

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Glen ² American  

[glen] / glɛn /

noun

1. a male or female given name.

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glen British  

/ ɡlɛn /

noun

1. a narrow and deep mountain valley, esp in Scotland or Ireland

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Other Word Forms

• glenlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of glen

1480–90; < Irish, Scots Gaelic gleann; cognate with Welsh glynn

Example Sentences

Visitors use it to reach the hills, glens and beaches of the west Highlands.

From BBC

The visionary Labour politician Tom Johnston was the driving force behind the expansion, which brought power and jobs to the glens, dramatically improving life in rural Scotland in the years after the war.

From BBC

Indeed, consumers may want their vehicles not only to look good in, say, a wooded glen, but also to project the very idea that they care about wooded glens.

From Los Angeles Times

"Temperatures could get down to -10°C in sheltered glens, or across high ground areas of Scotland where there is lying snow," the Met Office said.

From BBC

It has been credited with transforming a once bare area into a wooded glen.

From BBC