different between valley vs glyn

English

Etymology

From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vall?s/vallis. Doublet of vlei.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?l'?, IPA^(key): /?væli/
• Rhymes: -æli

Noun

valley (plural valleys)

1. An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

   Synonyms: (poetic) vale; see also Thesaurus:valley
2. The area which drains into a river.
3. Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
4. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Hyponyms

• closed-cut valley
• open valley

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• dale
• dell
• vale

Anagrams

• y'all've

Manx

Noun

valley

1. Lenited form of balley.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n/

Noun

glyn (plural 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.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gl?nn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?l??n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?l?n/

Noun

glyn m (plural glynnoedd)

1. glen, valley

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