Glencoe

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Scotland/ˌɡlɛnˈko/UK/ˌɡlɛnˈkəʊ/US/ˌɡlɛnˈkoʊ/

proper noun

A village in Glen Coe, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0958).

OriginScottish Gaelic Gleann Comhann →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village in Glen Coe, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0958).
  2. A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
  4. A small town in southern South Australia.
  5. A locality in central Southland, New Zealand.
  6. A town in Umzinyathi District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  7. A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  8. A community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  10. A community in Southwest Middlesex municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Calhoun County and Etowah County, Alabama.
    2. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California.
    3. A census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida.
    4. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
    5. A small city in Gallatin County, Kentucky.
    6. A census-designated place in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
    7. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
    8. A city, the county seat of McLeod County, Minnesota.
    9. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri.
    10. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    11. An unincorporated community in Alamance County, North Carolina.
    12. A census-designated place in Belmont County, Ohio.
    13. A town in Payne County, Oklahoma.
    14. A neighbourhood of North Plains, Washington County, Oregon.
    15. A town and unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicGleann Comhann“valley of the river Coe”
  2. EnglishGlencoe

From Scottish Gaelic Gleann Comhann (“valley of the river Coe”)

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Cite this entry
APA

Glencoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glencoe

MLA

“Glencoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glencoe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glencoe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glencoe.

Source: Glencoe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.