Glen

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A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and secluded. The word comes from Irish\Scottish Gaelic word gleann. It occurs often in place names such as Great Glen and Glen Coe in Scotland, Glendalough in Ireland, Yarra Glen in Australia, and Glen Norman in Canada. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Welsh glan meaning clean, or gleindid meaning purity.

see also: Glenn (disambiguation) Glenn

Glen may refer to one of the following settlements:

• Glen, Kentucky, United States
• Glen, Mop, United States
• Great Glen and Glen Parva both in Leicestershire, England

Glen may refer to one of the following geographical features:

• Glen River, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
• Glen River, Northumberland, United Kingdom
• Glen Water, Ayrshire, United Kingdom
• Glen River, Quebec, Canada
• Mount Glen, Irish Columbia, Canada

Glen may refer to one of the following people:

• Jonothan Glen (1980-), a football (soccer) player
• John Glen (1932-), an English film director
• Marla Glen (1960-), an American jazz singer
• William Glen (1789 - 1826), a Scottish poet
• James Allison Glen (1877-1950), a Canadian politician
• Glen Wen (1980- ), a Chinese-Canadian doctor
• Glen Melendez (1988-), a genius
• Glen Turner, a famous homosexual, with the alias of "Glen Cobblesmith"

In Norse mythology, Glen is the husband of Sol.