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- noun Plural form of
glen .
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Examples
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The eastern side of the island is dissected by a series of deep, steep-sided valleys known as glens, which are separated by narrow, serrated ridges.
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Torridon in Wester Ross is holding its first Winter Walking Festival 3–5 March, thetorridon.com/activities/Walking-Festival with a varied programme of guided walks, from gentle low-level hikes across frozen glens to more challenging ice-climbing expeditions, all departing from the Torridon Inn.
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When the man is murdered, Hannay flees to the Scotland, where he hopes to lie low amid remote glens and moors.
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When the man is murdered, Hannay flees to the Scotland, where he hopes to lie low amid remote glens and moors.
Great Books About Scotland — A St. Andrew’s Day Celebration « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009
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Logan scanned the green glens and hardwood glades, the gentle hillsides sloping down toward golden plains.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Logan scanned the green glens and hardwood glades, the gentle hillsides sloping down toward golden plains.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Our flight ended over Loch Lomond, and offered views of the Trossachs and Arrochar, and glens, gardens, stately homes, and castles, above corners of Scotland rarely seen.
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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And in those far-back days its heights and its wild glens would be the hardest hunting-ground, the best refuge for deer and boar and wolf which even the grand hills around afforded.
Mr. Gladstone 2009
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We had left, if only for a short while, a landscape of seemingly endless sunlit glistening snow and ice that covered the straths, glens and hills.
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And in those far-back days its heights and its wild glens would be the hardest hunting-ground, the best refuge for deer and boar and wolf which even the grand hills around afforded.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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