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Glasgow

glas·gow

UK/ˈɡlaz.ɡo/ US/ˈɡlez.ɡə/ fairly common

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largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world

Origin

From Proto-Brythonic *glas (“green”) + *kėw (“hollow”) (for this element see Irish cuas (“hollow”), Welsh cau (“hollow”)); usually romantically translated as "the dear green place." Compare modern Scottish Gaelic Glaschu.

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