glyn

G2L1Y4N1
/ɡlɪn/

noun

A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom.

OriginWelsh glyn →
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Meanings

glyn1

nounglyn (plural glyns)

plural glyns

  1. A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom.

    A woodcock from the pool of the glyn, Or roebuck from the forest green?"

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 434
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    He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.

    1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC

Glyn2

proper nounGlyn (plural Glyns)

plural Glyns

  1. A surname from Welsh.

Origin

glyn · noun

  1. Welshglyn
  2. Englishglyn

Borrowed from Welsh glyn; compare glen. Doublet of glen.

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Glyn · proper noun

  1. Welshglyn“valley”
  2. EnglishGlyn

From Welsh glyn (“valley”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with glyn

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Anagrams

Lyng
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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