glen
pronunciation
How to pronounce glen in British English:
UK [glen]
How to pronounce glen in American English:
US [ɡlɛn]
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- Noun:
- a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
Word Origin
- glen (n.)
- "narrow valley," late 15c., from Scottish, from Gaelic gleann "mountain valley" (cognate with Old Irish glenn, Welsh glyn). Common in place names such as 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.
Example
- 1. Washington , d. c. - former army sergeant glen lehman lost his arm in iraq .
- 2. Their contact represents a period of erosion after tilting ( folding ) of the austin glen formation .
- 3. Today , about 10 mi ( 16 km ) of the original glen canyon remains below the dam .
- 4. This is not a charitable donation . Alicia glen , head of goldman 's urban investment group , says " it is a real loan . "
- 5. The windswept peaks above glen park were called little switzerland .