Glen

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A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped, or a waterway running through such a valley. The word comes from the Irish Language/Scottish Gaelic language word gleann. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Welsh language glan meaning clean, or gleindid meaning purity.

It occurs often in place names such as Great Glen in 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 Parva, Leicestershire, England

*Glen Norman, Ontario, Canada

*Glen, Mississippi, United States

*Glen, New York, United States

*Great Glen, Leicestershire, England

*Watkins Glen, New York, United States

*Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia

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

*River Glen, Lincolnshire, England

*River Glen, Northumberland, England

*Watkins Glen State Park, New York, United States

Glen may refer to one of the following people:

*James Allison Glen (1877-1950), a Canadian politician

*John Glen (1932-), an English film director

*Cornell Glen (1980-), a football (soccer) 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 (Norse mythology) refers to the husband of Sol, the sun goddess, in Norse mythology.

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