glen
IPA: gɫˈɛn
noun
- A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
- A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.
- A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
- A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
- An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.
- Short for Glen of Imaal Terrier. [A kind of terrier originating from the Glen of Imaal in County Wicklow, Ireland.]
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Examples of "glen" in Sentences
- I think the glen is so dangerous.
- I went to the glen when I was little.
- The family went traveling to the glen.
- Magic's Glen Davis is out with shoulder sprain.
- Glen is the athlete of the family and the eldest child.
- The shrine is at the bottom of a shady glen by a brook.
- The name of the glen is a curious 'Gaelicisation' of the Gaelic.
- The Spittal of Glenshee marks the head of the glen in the north.
- The town of Ballycastle lies on the coast at the foot of the glen.
- The village of Waterfoot lies on the coast at the foot of the glen.
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