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Gland
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gland
English
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Etymology
From en fr -, from en frm glans, of en cel -/en cel-gau - origin, from en cel-pro *glanos pure, clear, clean. Not related to fr gland gland, acorn.
Proper noun
en commune in dept/Yonne r/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France.
en commune in dept/Aisne r/Hauts-de-France c/France.
en municipality in dist/Nyon can/Vaud c/Switzerland.
References
Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France, vol. 1 : Formations préceltiques, celtiques, romanes, Librairie Droz, Genève, 1990, p. 704