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
Glen Sutton, a sector in the township of Sutton bordering the US border in the municipality of Brome-Missisquoi Quebec, 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
Saint Glen, Brittany,France
River Glen, Lincolnshire, England
River Glen, Northumberland, England
Watkins Glen State Park, New York, United States
Great Tower of Power of Glenn Smith, Toronto, Ontario
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
GLEN may also refer to the Global Education Network of young Europeans

References

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

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