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glyn¹

  • /ɡlɪn/

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

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

noun glyns

  1. A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom. He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.

Glyn²

Where it comes from

From Welsh glyn (“valley”).

proper noun Glyns

  1. A surname from Welsh.

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"glyn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glyn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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glyn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glyn

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"glyn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glyn.

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@misc{glyn_2026,
  title = {glyn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glyn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}