Glen

See also: glen, gleń, and Gleń

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Glen

  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:
    1. A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
    2. A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
    4. An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
    5. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.

Derived terms

Noun

Glen (plural Glens)

  1. Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.

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