glen

[ glen ]
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noun
  1. a small, narrow, secluded valley.

Origin of glen

1
1480–90; <Irish, Scots Gaelic gleann; cognate with Welsh glynn

Other words from glen

  • glenlike, adjective

Words Nearby glen

Other definitions for Glen (2 of 2)

Glen
[ glen ]

noun
  1. a male or female given name.

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How to use glen in a sentence

  • Bruce may have taken refuge again in glen Trool; Gray's mention of the isles may result from a confusion with earlier events.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • “On the high road overlooking the glen of the Leprechauns, on a starlit night before the moon came up,” said Padna.

  • He made way for her to precede him in the narrow wood path, and then silently followed her up the glen.

    Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • And with that he raised his voice and called somewhat to the men, and they quickened their pace into the glen.

    A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
  • I had listened for some sound from Howel and Evan, but since the footsteps passed up the glen I had heard none until this moment.

    A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for glen

glen

/ (ɡlɛn) /


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

Origin of glen

1
C15: from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glend

Derived forms of glen

  • glenlike, adjective

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