Glasgow

English

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”), from *glas (“green”) + *cöü (“hollow”) (for this element see Irish cuas (“hollow”), Welsh cau (“hollow”)); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern Scottish Gaelic Glaschu.

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaz.ɡo/, (dialectally/locally) /ˈɡlez.ɡə/, /ˈɡles.kə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːz.ɡəʊ/, /ˈɡlæz-/, /ˈɡlɑːs-/, /ˈɡlæs-/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

    (glaz)

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

    (glas)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæz.ɡoʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæz.ɡəʉ/, /ˈɡlɐːz.ɡəʉ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛz.ɡɐʉ/, /ˈɡlɐːz.ɡɐʉ/
• Rhymes: -æzɡəʊ

Proper noun

Glasgow

1. A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.
   • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 40:

     Central Glasgow is beautiful. Glasgow Central is also beautiful. Opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1879, it was rebuilt in the Edwardian era to a design by Robert Rowand Anderson.

2. A community of the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
3. A community of the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
4. A settlement in Nickerie district, Suriname.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware.
   3. An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia.
   4. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
   5. A ghost town in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
   6. A home rule city, the county seat of Barren County, Kentucky.
   7. A township in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
   8. A minor city in Howard County and Chariton County, Missouri.
   9. A minor city, the county seat of Valley County, Montana.
   10. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
   11. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
   12. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Coos County, Oregon.
   13. A tiny borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
   14. A town in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   15. A small town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• Glasgow effect
• Glasgow Green
• Glasgow kiss
• Glasgow patter
• Glasgow salad
• Glasgow smile
• New Glasgow
• Port Glasgow

Related terms

• Glaswegian

Translations

largest city of Scotland

• Amharic: ግላዝጎ (gəlazgo)
• Arabic: غْلَاسْكُو m (ḡlāskū), غلازغو m (ḡlāzḡū)

  Hijazi Arabic: قلاسكو f (glāsku)

• Armenian: Գլազգո (hy) (Glazgo)
• Asturian: Glasgow m
• Azerbaijani: Qlazqo
• Bashkir: Гла́зго (Glázgo)
• Belarusian: Глазга f (Hlazha)
• Bengali: গ্লাসগো (glaśogō)
• Breton: Glasc'ho
• Bulgarian: Глазгоу m (Glazgou)
• Burmese: ဂလပ်စဂိုးမြို့ (ga.lapca.gui:mrui.)
• Catalan: Glasgow m
• Chechen: Глазго (Glazgo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 格拉斯哥 (gaak³ laai¹ si¹ go¹)

  Mandarin: 格拉斯哥 (zh) (Gélāsīgē)

• Dutch: Glasgow n
• Esperanto: Glasgovo
• Finnish: Glasgow (fi)
• French: Glasgow (fr) f
• Galician: Glasgow
• Georgian: გლაზგო (glazgo)
• German: Glasgow (de) n
• Greek: Γλασκώβη (el) (Glaskóvi)
• Hawaiian: Kalako
• Hindi: ग्लासगो (glāsgo)
• Irish: Glaschú m
• Italian: Glasgow f, Glasgovia f
• Japanese: グラスゴー (Gurasugō)
• Kannada: ಗ್ಲ್ಯಾಸ್ಗೋ (glyāsgō)
• Kazakh: Глазго (Glazgo)
• Khmer: ក្លាស្កូវ (klaahkəw),
• Korean: 글래스고 (Geullaeseugo), 글라스고우 (Geullaseugou) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Глазго (Glazgo)
• Latin: Glasgovia f, Glasgua f
• Latvian: Glāzgova f
• Lithuanian: Glazgas m
• Macedonian: Глазгов (Glazgov)
• Malayalam: ഗ്ലാസ്ഗോ (glāsgō)
• Manx: Glaschu m
• Marathi: ग्लासगो (glāsgo)
• Mingrelian: გლაზგო (glazgo)
• Occitan: Glasgow m

  Mistralian: Glasgo m

• Ossetian: Глазго (Glazgo)
• Polish: Glasgow (pl) n
• Portuguese: Glasgow (pt), Glásgua
• Punjabi: ਗਲਾਸਗੋ (galāsgo)
• Russian: Гла́зго (ru) m (Glázgo)
• Samogitian: Glazgos
• Sanskrit: ग्लास्गो (glāsgo)
• Scots: Glesca, Glesga, Glesgae, Glasgae
• Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu
• Sinhalese: ග්ලාස්ගෝ (glāsgō)
• Spanish: Glasgow (es)
• Swedish: Glasgow
• Tamil: கிளாஸ்கோ (kiḷāskō)
• Tatar: Glazgo
• Telugu: గ్లాస్గో (glāsgō)
• Tetum: Glázgua
• Thai: กลาสโกว์ (glàat-goh)
• Turkish: Glasgow
• Udmurt: Глазго (Glazgo)
• Ukrainian: Глазго m (Hlazho), Ґлазґо m (Glazgo)
• Urdu: گلاسگو m (glāsgo)
• Uzbek: Glazgo
• Veps: Glazgo
• Welsh: Glasgow (cy)
• West Frisian: Glasgow n
• Yiddish: גלאַזגאָ (glazgo)

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡlaz.ɡow]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡlaz.ɣow]

Proper noun

Glasgow m

1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

German

Etymology

From English Glasgow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaːs.ɡo/, /ˈɡlaːs.ɡɔʊ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Glasgow n (proper noun, genitive Glasgows or (optionally with an article) Glasgow)

1. Glasgow (a city in Scotland, United Kingdom)

Derived terms

• Glasgower

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Glásgua (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Glasgow.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaz.ɡow/ [ˈɡlaz.ɡoʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaz.ɡow/ [ˈɡlaz.ɡoʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaʒ.ɡow/ [ˈɡlaʒ.ɡoʊ̯]

Proper noun

Glasgow

1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡlaːzɡɔu]

Proper noun

Glasgow m inan (genitive singular Glasgowa)

1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Further reading

• “Glasgow”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Glasgow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlasɡou/ [ˈɡlaz.ɣ̞ou̯]
• Rhymes: -asɡou
• Syllabification: Glas‧gow

Proper noun

Glasgow ?

1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Derived terms

• glasgüense