a narrow, secluded valley
Origin of glen
Middle English from Late Middle Scottish from Gaelic an unverified form glenn (now gleann), mountain valley, akin to Welsh glyn
A glen in County Antrim, Ireland.
The definition of a glen is a narrow valley that is hidden away.
An example of a glen are the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland.
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glen
noun
A small, secluded valley.
Origin of glen
Middle English from Scottish Gaelic gleann from Old Irish glennTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Scottish Gaelic gleann (“mountain valley”).
Proper noun
- A Scottish habitational surname for someone who lives in a valley.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Sentence Examples
- He died at Glen Ellen, Cal., Nov.
- Outside the lower end of each large transverse glen there is a scree of sedimentary matter.
- 10,811 Cevedale Pass (Santa Caterina to the Martell Glen), snow 10,732 Gepatschjoch (Vent to the Kauns Valley), snow.
- 10,292 Eissee Pass (Sulden to the Martell Glen), snow.
- 10,033 Passo del Zebru (Santa Caterina to the Zebru Glen), snow.
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