glen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a narrow, secluded valley, especially in Scotland or Ireland and often containing a stream

   A clear burn wound through the wooded glen below the castle.

Borrowed in Middle English from Irish gleann or Scottish Gaelic gleann, 'mountain valley,' from Old Irish glenn. Cognates include Welsh glyn and Manx glion. Its more remote origin is uncertain and may involve an older Celtic or substrate term for a valley.

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