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Glyn
Glyn ♂ Welsh: from the Welsh place name element glyn ‘valley’. This was adopted as a given name in the 20th century, as the result of a desire to bestow on Welsh children specifically Welsh names, and has since been taken up in the English-speaking world outside Wales.
Variant: Glynn. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glyn.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glyn.html |
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Glyn
Glyn ♂ (Welsh) Modern: from the Welsh place name element glyn ‘valley’.
Also: Glynn. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glyn1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glyn." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glyn1.html |
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glyn
glyn. Welsh word for valley, first element in dozens of place-names; see GLEN, GLEN-.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "glyn." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "glyn." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-glyn.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "glyn." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-glyn.html |
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Glyn
Glyn
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•weigh-in • lutein • lie-in • Samhain
•Bowen, Cohen, Owen, throw-in
•heroin, heroine
•benzoin
•bruin, ruin, shoo-in
•Bedouin • Islwyn
•genuine, Menuhin
•cabin, Scriabin
•Portakabin • sin bin • swingbin
•bobbin, dobbin, robin
•haemoglobin (US hemoglobin)
•Reuben • dubbin • dustbin • Jacobin
•kitchen, lichen
•Cochin • urchin
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"Glyn." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Glyn." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Glyn.html "Glyn." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Glyn.html |
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