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Scottish Gaelic place-name element
gleann
gleann means “glen, valley”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Glen- (Glencoe)
Place names with gleann
- An Ruadh-Ghleann · Rutherglen · South Lanarkshire“the red valley”
- Gleann Comhann · Glencoe · Highland“valley of the River Coe”
Other Scottish Gaelic elements
baile · village, townbàn · white, pale, faircàrn · cairnceann · head, enddùn · fort, fortresseaglais · churchinbhir · mouth of a river, estuarylios · garden; enclosure; fortified placeloch · lake, lochmòr · big, large, greatmuileann · millport · port, harbourruadh · redsròn · nose; promontory, pointtobar · well, spring
Sources
- Wiktionary: gleann (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (gd-gleann)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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