noun · rare

glen

glen · glens

лощина

Tobel, Siepen

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.

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/ɡlɛn/

» That glen was beautiful on a calm day.

Meaning

1 senses

A 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)

Examples

9 sentences

That glen was beautiful on a calm day.
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Follow that path down the glen till you get to the loch.
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You should visit the Glens of Antrim while you're here.
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"The colonization of space may take generations, Shirley." "You have patience, Glen."
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"Shirley, my political stance is for a Multi-world Civilization." "Glen, you aim high!"
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

secluded and narrow valley:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

secluded and narrow valley:

Origin

From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and M

From 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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