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Glen

2 stages from Scottish Gaelic to English.

Today it means a narrow valley, especially in Scotland or Ireland
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Stage 1 of 2
gleann
Scottish Gaelic · medieval
"a narrow valley"
a narrow valley, especially in the Scottish Highlands
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Stage 2 of 2
glen
English · 1500s
"a narrow valley"
settled as the word for a narrow mountain valley
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