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Glasgow

proper noun

  1. city in Scotland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaz.ɡo/ / /ˈɡlez.ɡə/ / /ˈɡles.kə/

name

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

  1. A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

    up to Glasgow

    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.
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