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Glasgow
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English
Etymology
From en cel-bry-pro *glas green + cel-bry-pro *kėw hollow (for this element see ga cuas hollow, cy cau hollow); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern gd Glaschu.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡlaz.ɡo/ dialectally/locally /ˈɡlez.ɡə/ /ˈɡles.kə/ Scotland
en /ˈɡlɑːz.ɡəʊ/ /ˈɡlaz-/ /ˈɡlɑːs-/ /ˈɡlas-/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Glasgow2.wav /ɑ/ Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Glasgow.wav /a/ Southern England
en /ˈɡlæs.ɡoʊ/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Glasgow.wav US
en /ˈɡlæz.ɡəʉ/ /ˈɡlɐːz.ɡəʉ/ AU
en /ˈɡlɛz.ɡɐʉ/ /ˈɡlɐːz.ɡɐʉ/ NZ
en æzɡəʊ 3
en Scottish
Proper noun
en major city/and/council area cc/Scotland ;, largest city cc/Scotland.
en up to Glasgow UK
en Jim Tankersley; Katie Rogers; Lisa Friedman Joe Biden With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start w:The New York Times 2021-11-02 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/world/europe/climate-summit-methane-forests.html 0362-4331 Before he left Glasgow on Tuesday to return to Washington on a late-evening flight, Mr. Biden hailed progress on multiple fronts from the second day of meetings with heads of state, including initiatives to reduce emissions from agriculture. https://web.archive.org/web/20220323192453/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/world/europe/climate-summit-methane-forests.html
en 2023 February 8 Greg Morse Crossing the border... by Sleeper RAIL 976 40 Central Glasgow is beautiful. Glasgow Central is also beautiful. Opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1879, it was rebuilt in the Edwardian era to a design by Robert Rowand Anderson.
en community rmun/Durham p/Ontario c/Canada.
en community town:pref/Caledon rmun/Peel p/Ontario c/Canada.
en settlement dist/Nickerie c/Suriname.
en number of places c/USA:
en ghost town co/San Bernardino County s/California.
en CDP co/New Castle County s/Delaware.
en ucomm co/Thomas County s/Georgia.
en village co/Scott County s/Illinois.
en ghost town co/Black Hawk County s/Iowa.
en home rule city/county seat co/Barren County s/Kentucky.
en twp co/Wabasha County s/Minnesota.
en minor city co/Howard County,Chariton County s/Missouri.
en minor city/county seat co/Valley County s/Montana.
en ucomm co/Columbiana County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Tuscarawas County s/Ohio.
en ucomm/and/CDP co/Coos County s/Oregon.
en tiny borough in co/Beaver County s/Pennsylvania.
en town co/Rockbridge County s/Virginia.
en small town co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia.
Derived terms
en Glasgow effect Glasgow Green Glasgow kiss Glasgow oyster Glasgow patter Glasgow salad Glasgow smile Glaswegian Mount Glasgow New Glasgow Port Glasgow
Translations
largest city of Scotland
Amharic: am ግላዝጎ
Arabic: ar غْلَاسْكُو m, ar غلازغو m ḡlāzḡū
Hijazi Arabic: acw قلاسكو f glāsku
Armenian: hy Գլազգո
Asturian: ast Glasgow m
Azerbaijani: az Qlazqo
Bashkir: ba Гла́зго
Belarusian: be Глазга f
Bengali: bn গ্লাসগো
Breton: br Glasc'ho
Bulgarian: bg Глазгоу m
Burmese: my ဂလပ်စဂိုးမြို့
Catalan: ca Glasgow m
Chechen: ce Глазго
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 格拉斯哥 gaak3 laai1 si1 go1
Mandarin: cmn 格拉斯哥 Gélāsīgē
Dutch: nl Glasgow n
Esperanto: eo Glasgovo
Finnish: fi Glasgow
French: fr Glasgow f, fr Glasgovie
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Glasgow n
Galician: gl Glasgow
Georgian: ka გლაზგო
German: de Glasgow n
Greek: el Γλασκώβη
Hawaiian: haw Kalako
Hindi: hi ग्लासगो
Irish: ga Glaschú m
Italian: it Glasgow f, it Glasgovia f
Japanese: ja グラスゴー Gurasugō
Kannada: kn ಗ್ಲ್ಯಾಸ್ಗೋ
Kazakh: kk Глазго
Khmer: km ក្លាស្កូវ,
Korean: ko ^글래스고, ko ^글라스고우 North Korea
Kyrgyz: ky Глазго
Latin: la Glasgovia f, la Glasgua f
Latvian: lv Glāzgova f
Lithuanian: lt Glazgas m
Macedonian: mk Глазгов
Malayalam: ml ഗ്ലാസ്ഗോ
Manx: gv Glaschu m
Marathi: mr ग्लासगो
Mingrelian: xmf გლაზგო
Occitan: oc Glasgow m
Mistralian: oc Glasgo m
Ossetian: os Глазго
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ґлазґов m
Persian: fa گلاسگو glâsgow
Polish: pl Glasgow n
Portuguese: pt Glasgow, pt Glásgua
Punjabi: pa ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
Russian: ru Гла́зго m
Samogitian: sgs Glazgos
Sanskrit: sa ग्लास्गो
Scots: sco Glesca, sco Glesga, sco Glesgae, sco Glasgae
Scottish Gaelic: gd Glaschu
Sinhalese: si ග්ලාස්ගෝ
Spanish: es Glasgow
Swedish: sv Glasgow
Tamil: ta கிளாஸ்கோ
Tatar: tt Glazgo
Telugu: te గ్లాస్గో
Tetum: tet Glázgua
Thai: th กลาสโกว์
Turkish: tr Glasgow
Ottoman Turkish: ota غلاسقوو glaskov
Udmurt: udm Глазго
Ukrainian: uk Глазго m, uk Ґлазґо m
Urdu: ur گلاسگو m glāsgo
Uzbek: uz Glazgo
Veps: vep Glazgo
Welsh: cy Glasgow
Yiddish: yi גלאַזגאָ
Further reading
Catalan
Pronunciation
[a:à,ow:ou]
Proper noun
m
ca major city/and/council area cc/Scotland ;, largest city cc/Scotland Glasgow
German
Etymology
de :bor en:Glasgow
From de en Glasgow.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡlaːs.ɡo/ /ˈɡlaːs.ɡɔʊ̯/
de De-Glasgow.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city cc/Scotland c/United Kingdom Glasgow
Derived terms
de Glasgower
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Glásgua rare
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Glasgow + 1
Pronunciation
Glásgow
Proper noun
pt major city/and/council area cc/Scotland ;, largest city cc/Scotland Glasgow
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
glázgou
Proper noun
m-in Glasgowa
sk major city/and/council area cc/Scotland ;, largest city cc/Scotland Glasgow
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :ubor en:Glasgow + 1
Pronunciation
glasgou<hyph:+>
Proper noun
es major city/and/council area cc/Scotland ;, largest city cc/Scotland Glasgow
Derived terms
es glasgüense