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glen

glen
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [glen]
    • /glɛn/
    • /ɡlen/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [glen]
    • /glɛn/

Definitions of glen word

  • noun glen a male or female given name. 1
  • noun glen A narrow valley. 1
  • noun glen narrow valley in Scotland 1
  • countable noun glen A glen is a deep, narrow valley, especially in the mountains of Scotland or Ireland. 0
  • noun glen a narrow and deep mountain valley, esp in Scotland or Ireland 0
  • noun glen a narrow, secluded valley 0
See all 6 definitions of glen

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Origin of glen

First appearance:

before 1480
One of the 25% oldest English words
1480-90; < Irish, Scots Gaelic gleann; cognate with Welsh glynn

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Glen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Glen

glen popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

glen usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for glen

noun glen

  • dale — A dale is a valley.
  • dell — A dell is a small valley which has trees growing in it.
  • glade — an open space in a forest.
  • canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
  • gorge — to swallow, especially greedily.
All 14 Synonyms of glen

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  • glendower

    Owen, 1359?–1416? Welsh rebel against Henry IV of England.

  • glenn

    John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.

  • lenglen

    Suzanne [soo-zan;; French sy-zan] /suˈzæn;; French süˈzan/ (Show IPA), 1899–1938, French tennis player.

  • glen burnie

    a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
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