Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
a small stream; _e.g._ Glasaboy (the yellow stream); Tullyglush (hill
stream); Glasheena (abounding in small streams); Douglas, _i.e._
_Dubhglaise_ (the black stream), frequent in Ireland and Scotland;
Douglas, in the Isle of Man, is on the R. Douglas; also the name of a
parish and village in Lanarkshire, from which the Douglas family derive
their name. Glasheenaulin (the beautiful little stream), in Co. Cork;
Ardglashin (the height of the rivulet), in Cavan.
[Sidenote: GLAN (Cym.-Cel.),]
a shore, a brink, a side; _e.g._ Glan-yr-afon, Welsh (the river side).
[Sidenote: GLAS (Cel.),]
gray, blue, or green; _e.g._ Glasalt (gray stream); Glascloon
(green meadow); Glasdrummond (green ridge); Glaslough (green lake);
Glasmullagh (green summit), in Ireland; Glass, a parish in Scotland. In
Wales: Glascoed (greenwood); Glascombe (green hollow). Glasgow is said
by James, the author of _Welsh Names of Places_, to be a corrupt. of
_Glas-coed_.
[Sidenote: GLEANN (Gadhelic),
GLYN and GLANN (Cym.-Cel.),
GLEN (A.S.),]
a small valley, often named from the river which flows through it;
_e.g._ Glen-fender, Glen-finnan, Glen-tilt, Glen-shee, Glen-esk,
Glen-bervie, Glen-bucket, Glen-livet, Glen-lyon, Glen-almond,
Glen-dochart, Glen-luce, Glen-isla, Glen-ary, Glen-coe, Glen-devon
(valleys in Scotland watered by the Rivers Fender, Finnan, Tilt, Shee,
Esk, Bervie, Bucket, Livet, Lyon, Almond, Dochart, Luce, Isla, Aray,
Cona, Devon). In Ireland: Glennagross (the valley of the crosses);
Glenmullion (of the mill); Glendine and Glandine and Glendowan, Irish
_Gleann-doimhin_ (the deep valley)--sometimes it takes the form of
_glan_ or _glyn_, as in Glin on the Shannon, and Glynn in Antrim;
Glennan, Glenann, Glentane, Glenlaun, etc. (little valley). When
this word occurs at the end of names in Ireland the _g_ is sometimes
suppressed; _e.g._ Leiglin, in Carlow, anc. _Leith-ghlionn_ (half
glen); Crumlin, Cromlin, and Crimlin (the winding glen); Glencross or
Glencorse, in the Pentlands, named from a remarkable cross which once
stood there; Glenelg (the valley of hunting or of the roe); Glengarnock
(of the rough hillock); Glencroe (of the sheepfold); Glenmore or
_Glenmore-nan-Albin_ (the great glen of Scotland which divides the
Highlands into two nearly equal parts); Glenmoreston (the valley
of the great cascade, _i.e._ of Foyers); Glenbeg (little valley);
Glenburnie (of the little stream); Glenmuick (the boars’ valley);
Glenure (of the yew); Glenfinlas (of the clear stream); Glengariff
(rough glen); Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, is in Irish _Gleann-da-locha_
(the glen of the two lakes); Glennamaddy (of the dogs, _madadh_);
Glinties (the glens), Co. Donegal; Forglen, a parish in Banffshire (the
cold or the grassy glen). In Wales, Glyn-Nedd (of the R. Nedd.)
[Sidenote: GLEIZ (Old Ger.),]
shining; _e.g._ Glisbach (shining brook); Gleisberg (shining hill);
Gleesdorf, Gleesweiler (shining dwelling).
[Sidenote: GLINA (Sclav.),]
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