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Synonyms for glen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : glen
Phonetic Transcription : glɛn

Définition of glen

Origin :
  • "narrow valley," late 15c., from Scottish, from Gaelic gleann "mountain valley" (cf. Old Irish glenn, Welsh glyn). Common in place names; cf. Glenlivet (1822), a kind of whiskey, named for the place it was first made (literally "the glen of the Livet," a tributary of the Avon); and Glengarry (1841) a kind of men's cap, of Highland origin, named for a valley in Inverness-shire.
  • noun valley
Example sentences :
  • Sabbath or no Sabbath, the Glen cannot let him pass without some tribute of their pride.
  • Extract from : « A Doctor of the Old School, Part 3 » by Ian Maclaren
  • Before long they reached a sort of glen, at the bottom of which was a winding river.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • There were three men sleeping in the glen, and the face of one was plainly to be seen.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • There is a river famous for trout that rises in Sulby glen and flows into Ramsey harbour.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • They could hear the jolting of the laden cart on its way down the glen.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Are you asking me did I know you when I found you in the glen?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • That's the churning of the nightjar going up to Ballure glen.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • They are found now and then on small upper windows, as at Glen Fern.
  • Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
  • There is a little ruin at the bottom of this glen; you must remember it well.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • If you like, we'll ride there; I have heard that the glen is beautiful higher up.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

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