glen
A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through itA secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
» That glen was beautiful on a calm day.
Значение
значений: 1A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
Siepen, Tobel
лощи́наloščína
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
Примеры
предложений: 9That glen was beautiful on a calm day.
Follow that path down the glen till you get to the loch.
You should visit the Glens of Antrim while you're here.
"The colonization of space may take generations, Shirley." "You have patience, Glen."
"Shirley, my political stance is for a Multi-world Civilization." "Glen, you aim high!"
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and MFrom Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn.
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