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Glaslyn

Glaslyn proper noun: a small cirque lake on the east flank of Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, source of the river Afon Glaslyn (OS grid ref SH6154).

Proper noun

Glaslyn

  1. A small cirque lake on the east flank of Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, source of the river Afon Glaslyn (OS grid ref SH6154).
  2. A river in Gwynedd, Afon Glaslyn, which flows from the above lake to the estuary at Porthmadog.
  3. A small lake in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN8294).
  4. A village in Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Origin of Glaslyn

From Welsh.

Questions about Glaslyn

What does Glaslyn mean?
Glaslyn means a small cirque lake on the east flank of Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, source of the river Afon Glaslyn (OS grid ref SH6154).
What part of speech is Glaslyn?
Glaslyn is a proper noun.

Words near Glaslyn in the dictionary

  1. glasing
  2. Glasite
  3. Glasites
  4. Glaskin
  5. Glaslough
  6. Glaslyn
  7. glasma
  8. Glasnevin
  9. glasnost
  10. glasnostian
  11. glasnostic

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