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[ glen ] / glɛn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR glen ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna small, narrow, secluded valley. Origin of glen1480–90; <Irish, Scots Gaelic gleann; cognate with Welsh glynn OTHER WORDS FROM glenglenlike, adjectiveWords nearby glengleg, Gleichschaltung, Gleipnir, Gleiwitz, gleization, glen, Glen Albyn, Glen Burnie, Glen Canyon Dam, Glen check, Glencoe Definition for glen (2 of 2)[ glen ] / glɛn /
nouna male or female given name. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glenShady 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. Glen had been so proud of his birthday, too, and it had been made so much of at home. 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
nouna narrow and deep mountain valley, esp in Scotland or Ireland Derived forms of glenglenlike, adjectiveWord Origin for glenC15: from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glend Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to glendale, dell, glade, canyon, gorge, vale, combe |