Glen
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Proper noun
Glen
- A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic for someone who lives in a valley.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A river in England, mainly in Lincolnshire.
- A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
- A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska, situated in a glen.
- An unincorporated community in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Montgomery County, New York, named after Jacob Glen.
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Noun
Glen (plural Glens)
- Short for Glen of Imaal Terrier.
See also
- Glen Parva, Great Glen (Leicestershire)