glen

A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped; or one with a watercourse running through such a valley. The word comes from the Irish language/Scottish Gaelic language word gleann, or glion in Manx. In Manx, glan is also to be found meaning glen. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Welsh language glan meaning clean, or gleindid meaning purity. In the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, the southern ends of Seneca and Cayuga in particular are etched with glens. The steep hills surrounding these lakes are filled with loose shale from glacial moraines. This material has eroded over the past 10,000 years to produce beautiful rocky glens (e.g., Watkins Glen and Treman State Parks) and waterfalls as rainfall has descended toward the lakes below.

The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names such as Great Glen in Scotland, Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland, Glendalough in Ireland, Glengowrie in Australia and Glen Norman in Canada.

• Used as a place name, Glen may refer to one of the following:

• Glen, County Donegal, Ireland
• Great Glen, Leicestershire, England
• Glen, Mississippi, United States
• Glen, New York, United States
• Glen Norman, Ontario, Canada
• Glen Parva, Leicestershire, England
• The 17 National Manx Glens, Isle of Man
• Watkins Glen, New York , United States
• Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia
• Glen Abbey Golf Course, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

• Used to name geographical features, Glen may refer to one of the following:

• Glen Coe, Scotland
• Glen River, Quebec, Canada
• Glen Water, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Glens of Antrim, also "The Glens", Northern Ireland
• Great Glen, Scotland
• Mount Glen, British Columbia, Canada
• Mont Glen, Québec, Canada
• River Glen, Lincolnshire, England
• River Glen, Northumberland, England
• Watkins Glen State Park, New York, United States
• Forest Glen, Chicago

• Glen may refer to one of the following people:

• Glenn Beck (1964), an american conservative talk-radio and television host.
• James Allison Glen (1877-1950), a Canadian politician
• John Glen (1932-), an English film director
• Cornell Glen (1980-), a football player
• Marla Glen (1960-), an American jazz singer
• William Glen (1789 - 1826), a Scottish poet
• Glen "Tirakh Draconian" Ojanpera, author of the Eye of the Dragon trilogy
• Glen (or Glenda), gender-confused doll, child of Chucky and Tiffany in the horror-comedy Seed of Chucky (2004)

• Glen (Norse mythology) refers to the husband of Sol, the sun goddess, in Norse mythology.
• Glen Class also refers to a Dublin Bay one-design dinghy

References

• Great.Outdoors.com/ManxGlens. Glenology - Manx Glens. An ongoing study of Manx glens, their locations and meanings.

See also

• Glenn (disambiguation)

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