Glen

See also: glen, gleń, and Gleń

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Glen

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2010 May 18, Mike Averis, “Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancashire bite back”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark Clinton came together but finished the spell with figures of five for 35 from 11 overs, mirroring the performances earlier when Chapple and Mahmood undermined the Warwickshire innings.

3. A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.
4. A river in Northumberland, England, a tributary of the River Till.
5. A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
   2. A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
   4. An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
   5. A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.

Derived terms

• Corby Glen
• Glen Cove

Related terms

• glen (see there for other derived terms)
• Glenn
• Glenna

Noun

Glen (plural Glens)

1. Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.

See also

• Glen Parva, Great Glen (Leicestershire)

Anagrams

• leng, Gen'l, gen'l, Genl, Engl, NELG, Engl., genl