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glen  (gln)
n.
A small, secluded valley.
[Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glenn.]
glen [glɛn]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow and deep mountain valley, esp in Scotland or Ireland
[from Scottish Gaelic gleann, from Old Irish glend]
glenlike  adj
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Noun1.glenglen - a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
vale, valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Translations
glen [glen] N → cañada f
glen [ˈglɛn] n → vallée f
glen
n → Tal nt
glen [glɛn] n → vallone m
glen [glɛn] n → vallone m


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So it came about that one day they slipped from the kraal when the gates were open, and sought out a certain deep glen which had an evil name, for it was said that spirits haunted it and put those to death who entered there.
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You cross a divide from it and come out at Glen Ellen.
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No one ever came there, not even the village boys of Glen Ellen.
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