Glâne

glane glané English + District Proper noun en dist in can/Fribourg c/Switzerland. French + District Etymology Perhaps from the conflation of fr cel-gau glanna bank (of a river) and cel-gau glanos clear, pure, limpid, transparent, from fr ine-pro *ǵʰl̥Hnós, from ine-pro *ǵʰel- bright.glanna in (2001) Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Paris, éditions Errance, Collection des Hespérides. Cognate of several other toponyms: fr Gland a few ancient settlements in Switzerland, fr Glaney le Glaney A tributary of la Glâne and an adjacent hamlet, fr Glenne la Glenne a tributary of Chalaronne la Chalaronne, and fr Glenans Le Glenans a tributary of the Rhône. Pronunciation Proper noun la Glâne f fr river a tributary of the Saane Sarine (Saane) fr District de la Glâne a district in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland fr la Petite Glâne one of two districts in either Payerne, Vaud or Broye_District Broye, Fribourg fr les Glânes an ancient community associated with modern Romont Descendants de Glâne References