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Glenelg

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Glenelg, Australia, UK, USA 1. Australia (Victoria): a river, originally called Nangeela, surveyed in 1836 and named after Charles Grant (1778–1866), Lord Glenelg, British secretary of state for the colonies (1835–9), and a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.2. UK (Scotland): Charles Grant took his title from Glenelg in Scotland. The Gaelic name is Gleann Eilge from gleann ‘valley’; the meaning of Eilge is not known.

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Glenelg

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Glenelg Highland. Glenelg 1292. Gaelic Gleann Eilge. Gaelic gleann ‘valley’, otherwise obscure. Compare Elgin.

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