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Glen.

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.

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  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  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: A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.

  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.

noun/ɡlɛn/
  1. Ellipsis of Glen of Imaal Terrier.

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