Glasgow

English

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern Gaelic Glaschu

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡlæz.ɡəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"gl{z.g@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡlæz.ɡoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"gl{z.goU/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈɡlaz.ɡo/

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Glasgow

1. A city in Lanarkshire and the largest in Scotland.

Translations

the city Glasgow

• Arabic: غلاسكو (ar) (ghlaasku) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格拉斯哥 (cmn) (Gélāsīgē)

• Dutch: Glasgow (nl)
• Esperanto: Glasgovo (eo)
• Finnish: Glasgow (fi)
• French: Glasgow (fr) m
• German: Glasgow (de) n
• Greek: Γλασκώβη (el) (Glaskóvi)
• Irish: Glaschú (ga) m
• Italian: Glasgow (it)
• Japanese: グラスゴー (ja) (Gurasugō)

• Korean: 글래스고 (ko) (Geullaeseugo)
• Latin: Glasgovia (la)
• Macedonian: Глазгов (mk) (Glázgov)
• Polish: Glasgow (pl) n (indeclinable)
• Portuguese: Glasgow (pt)
• Russian: Глазго (ru) (Glázgo) m (indeclinable)
• Scots: Glesca
• Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu (gd)
• Spanish: Glasgow (es)
• Swedish: Glasgow (sv)
• Turkish: Glasgow (tr)

Related terms

• Glaswegian