Gland

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Etymology

From French, from Middle French glans, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“pure, clear, clean”). Not related to gland (“gland, acorn”).

Proper noun

Gland

  1. A commune in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  2. A commune in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  3. A municipality in Nyon district, Vaud canton, Switzerland.

References

  • Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France, vol. 1 : Formations préceltiques, celtiques, romanes, Librairie Droz, Genève, 1990, p. 704
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