glen

[ glen ]

/ glɛn /

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noun

a small, narrow, secluded valley.

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Origin of glen

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

Related formsglen·like, adjective

Definition for glen (2 of 2)

Glen

[ glen ]

/ glɛn /

noun

a male or female given name.

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Shady Glen uses unremarkable American cheese and choice beef that anyone can buy at the market.
The Real Cheeseburger Paradise|Jane & Michael Stern|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, at around dawn, two well-aimed mortar shots killed two more former Navy SEALS, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
General: We Didn't Even Try To Save American Lives In Benghazi|Eli Lake|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Until this year, Glen Johnson was the dean of Massachusetts political reporters.
From Rick Stengel to David Axelrod, All of the President’s Journalists|Ben Jacobs|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Glen Varnadoe is one of the family members who hopes that at least one mystery will be solved.
The Bone Collectors Get to Work at Florida’s Dozier School|Christine Pelisek|September 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A moral focal point was Glen Echo Park, a wonderful art-deco playland in Maryland along the Potomac.
Conservatives and the March|Michael Tomasky|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He had a long reach, and whenever he tried to bite Glen's thigh he had to pull his legs back quickly.
The Sweep Winner|Nat Gould
For half a mile or so did Glen and his companion follow it, seeking some place at which they might continue their ascent.
Campmates|Kirk Munroe
Glen had been so proud of his birthday, too, and it had been made so much of at home.
Campmates|Kirk Munroe
Sabina was the vanithee's name; and she warned her husband to have no more dealings with Lassa Buaicht, the old man of the glen.
Myths and Myth-Makers|John Fiske
The river Glen falls into the Till, which is a tributary of the Tweed.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for glen

glen

/ (ɡlɛn) /

noun

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

Derived Formsglenlike, adjective

Word Origin for glen

C15: from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glend

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Word Origin and History for glen

glen

"narrow valley," late 15c., from Scottish, from Gaelic gleann "mountain valley" (cf. Old Irish glenn, Welsh glyn). Common in place names; cf. Glenlivet (1822), a kind of whiskey, named for the place it was first made (literally "the glen of the Livet," a tributary of the Avon); and Glengarry (1841) a kind of men's cap, of Highland origin, named for a valley in Inverness-shire.

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