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Glasgow

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”), from *glas (“green”) + *cöü (“hollow”) (for this element see Irish cuas (“hollow”), Welsh cau (“hollow”)); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern Scottish Gaelic Glaschu.

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Glasgow

  1. A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.
    • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 40:
      Central Glasgow is beautiful. Glasgow Central is also beautiful. Opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1879, it was rebuilt in the Edwardian era to a design by Robert Rowand Anderson.
  2. A community in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A settlement in Nickerie district, Suriname.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
    2. A census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware.
    3. An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia.
    4. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
    5. A ghost town in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
    6. A home rule city, the county seat of Barren County, Kentucky.
    7. A township in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
    8. A minor city in Howard County and Chariton County, Missouri.
    9. A minor city, the county seat of Valley County, Montana.
    10. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
    11. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
    12. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Coos County, Oregon.
    13. A tiny borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
    14. A town in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
    15. A small town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

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Further reading edit

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Glasgow m

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

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Etymology edit

From English Glasgow.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaːs.ɡo/, /ˈɡlaːs.ɡɔʊ̯/
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Glasgow n (proper noun, genitive Glasgows or (optionally with an article) Glasgow)

  1. Glasgow (a city in Scotland, United Kingdom)

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Unadapted borrowing from English Glasgow.

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Glasgow

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

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Glasgow m inan (genitive singular Glasgowa)

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Further reading edit

  • “Glasgow”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English Glasgow.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlasɡou/ [ˈɡlaz.ɣ̞ou̯]
  • Rhymes: -asɡou
  • Syllabification: Glas‧gow

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Glasgow ?

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

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