Glen

A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and secludded. The word comes from IrishScottish Gaelic word gleann. It occurs often in place names such as Great Glen and Glen Coe in Scotland, Glendalough in Ireland, Yarra Glen in Australia, and Glen Norman in Canada. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Welsh glan meaning clean, or gleindid meaning purity.

Related Topics:
Valley - Irish - Scottish Gaelic - Great Glen - Glen Coe - Scotland - Glendalough - Ireland - Yarra Glen - Australia - Glen Norman - Canada - Welsh

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Glen may refer to one of the following settlements:

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• Glen, Kentucky, United States
• Glen, Mop, United States
• Great Glen and Glen Parva both in Leicestershire, England

Glen may refer to one of the following geographical features:

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• Glen River, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
• Glen River, Northumberland, United Kingdom
• Glen Water, Ayrshire, United Kingdom
• Glen River, Quebec, Canada
• Mount Glen, Irish Columbia, Canada

Glen (or Glenn) may refer to one of the following people:

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• Jonothan Glen (1980-), a football (soccer) player
• John Glen (1932-), an English film director
• John Glenn, A guy who went into space twice.
• Marla Glen (1960-), an American jazz singer
• William Glen (1789 - 1826), a Scottish poet
• James Allison Glen (1877-1950), a Canadian politician
• Glenn Harding Englert (1957-), a sculptor
• Glen Wen (1980- ), a Chinese-Canadian doctor

In Norse mythology, Glen is the husband of Sol.

Related Topics:
Norse mythology - Sol

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