Glencoe

British

/ ɡlɛnˈkəʊ /

noun

a glen in W Scotland, in S Highland: site of a massacre of Macdonalds by Campbells and English troops (1692)

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Glencoe and RAF mountain rescue teams assisted with the search and recovery operation.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

Ally was skiing with his mum Carole and his brothers in Glencoe in March 2022 when he crashed.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

It’s Thursday, Sept. 25, 1975, and in a backyard citrus tree on South Glencoe Avenue in Venice, a Medfly is showing its foul face, its blue eyes and yellow belly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team said the bodies were found by teams on foot.

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

Ah! gloomy to-day is the vale of Glencoe!

From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by MacKeracher, Wm. M.

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