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Meaning of "the Great Glen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE GREAT GLEN

the Great Glen


WHAT DOES THE GREAT GLEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great Glen

The Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen More is a series of glens in Scotland running for 62 miles from Inverness on the edge of Moray Firth, to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. The Great Glen Fault The Great Glen follows a large geological fault known as the Great Glen Fault. It bisects the Scottish Highlands into the Grampian Mountains to the southeast and the Northwest Highlands to the northwest. The glen is a natural travelling route in the Highlands of Scotland, which is used by both the Caledonian Canal and the A82 road, which link the city of Inverness on the northeast coast with Fort William on the west coast. The Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway was built in 1896 from the southern end of the glen to the southern end of Loch Ness, but was never extended to Inverness. The railway closed in 1947. A recent development has been to open a long-distance route for cyclists, canoeist and walkers. Called the Great Glen Way, it links Fort William to Inverness. Officially opened on 30 April 2002 by HRH The Earl of Inverness, the route is a series of footpaths, forestry tracks, canal paths and occasional stretches of road.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE GREAT GLEN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE THE GREAT GLEN

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Synonyms and antonyms of the Great Glen in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the Great Glen» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

大峡谷
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

la Great Glen
570 millions of speakers
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English

the Great Glen
510 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Hindi

ग्रेट ग्लेन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غلين العظمى
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

Great Glen
278 millions of speakers
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o Great Glen
270 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Bengali

গ্রেট গ্লেন
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

le Great Glen
220 millions of speakers
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Great Glen
190 millions of speakers
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das Great Glen
180 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Japanese

グレート·グレン
130 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Korean

그레이트 글렌
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Great Glen
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Glen lớn
80 millions of speakers
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கிரேட் க்ளென்
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेट ग्लेन
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Turkish

Büyük Glen
70 millions of speakers
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il Great Glen
65 millions of speakers
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Great Glen
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Great Glen
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

Glen Mare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

το Great Glen
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

die Groot Glen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Great Glen
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Great Glen
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE GREAT GLEN»

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The Great Glen Way: Two Way Trail guide
Guidebook to walking the Great Glen Way, a 117km (73 mile) National Trail that runs along the Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness, in either direction.
Paddy Dillon, 2011
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The Great Glen Way
Takes the walker 73 miles along Scotland's historic Great Glen.
Jacquetta Megarry, Sandra Bardwell, 2005
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Walking the Corbetts Vol 1 South of the Great Glen
Volume 1 of this two-volume Cicerone guide covers the Corbetts to the south of the Great Glen, which runs from Fort William to Inverness enclosing Loch Ness, probably Scotland's best-known loch.
Brian Johnson, 2012
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The Great Glen, Monadhliath, and Moray: A Personal Survey of ...
A Personal Survey of the Great Glen, Monadhliath, and Moray for Mountainbikers and Walkers Peter D. Koch-Osborne. The River Dulnoin -Clou^s down o very high gLen. Ho port o£ this route is. beLooi 3IOm or lOOO^eet. This glen may be ...
Peter D. Koch-Osborne, 1997
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A Small Death in the Great Glen: A Novel
A Novel A. D. Scott. of the street with views of church spires and a glimpse down an alley of the river. It had reminded him of an illustration from a childhood book of the tower in which Rumplestiltskin had spun straw into gold. He loved it.
A. D. Scott, 2010
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Scottish Rock: North
Those of you who use the guides will benefit by his dedication and the sheer choice offered; if you divide the retail price of these by the number of good routes you'll realise this is a bargain.
Gary Latter, 2009
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The Great Glen Rough Guides Snapshot Scotland (includes Fort ...
The Rough Guide Snapshot The Great Glen is the ultimate travel guide to this spectacular part of Scotland.
Rob Humphreys, Donald Reid, 2012
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The Geology of Scotland
Final juxtaposition of the two terranes resulted from major sinistral strike-slip movements along the Great Glen Fault during the Late Silurian and Early Devonian. The Northern Highland and Grampian terranes are bordered by major  ...
N. H. Trewin, 2002
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Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland, M.A.
The Great Glen, on the contrary, runs through the whole country from south-west to northeast; its average width at the bottom is about a mile. Its course is perfectly straight, and there are none of those alternate projections from either side which  ...
William Jardine, Hugh Edwin Strickland, 2011
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Great Britain: Geographical Essays
No one could say precisely either, what part of Highland Scotland, south-east of the Great Glen, should be termed Grampian. The present chapter is a description of the high country between the Great Glen and what is known as the 'Highland ...
Jean B. Mitchell, 1962

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE GREAT GLEN»

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Wallington pair to canoe Great Glen Trail
Karen Savage, 43, from Wallington, and Gareth Minchin, 44, from Reading, are attempting to canoe the Great Glen Canoe Trail next month. Friday 24 July 2015 / ... «Sutton Guardian, Jul 15»
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MSPs urged to take action over Loch Ness and Great Glen wind …
In a petition Holyrood, Friends of the Great Glen's James Treasurer said: “The distressing thing is not even just the wind turbines - because these are at remote ... «stv.tv, May 15»
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PETITION LAUNCHED TO SAVE LOCH NESS FROM WIND …
The petition asks that later an application is made by the Scottish Parliament for designation of the Loch Ness area and the Great Glen as a UNESCO World ... «East County Magazine, Apr 15»
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Trail passes discounted for Great Glen's Kid's Ski Fest
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. —Trail passes will be $5, rather than $12 or $20, for everyone on Sunday when the Kids Ski Fest returns to the Great Glen Trails ... «WMUR Manchester, Jan 15»
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Section added to Fort William-Inverness Great Glen Way
A new 11 mile (17km) section has been added to the Great Glen Way walking route in the Highlands. The new path, which cost £1m, has been described as a ... «BBC News, Aug 14»
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On a high in the Great Glen
This is the new Great Glen Way. It takes you high into the hills on the north side of Loch Ness on a newly built path avoiding much of the current route, which ... «Sutherland Northern Times, Aug 14»
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Loch Ness Monster: It's Scotland's Fault
The Great Glen fault is more than 62 miles (100 kilometers) long and cuts the Scottish Highlands into northern and southern halves. The strike-slip fault, where ... «LiveScience.com, Jul 13»
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£3m puts Great Glen bike route on track for 2015
Completion of the Great Glen cycle route linking Oban to Inverness has been brought forward as part of the funding package announced by Transport Scotland. «Herald Scotland, Jan 13»
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SSE plans new £800m hydro electric storage scheme in Great Glen
Scottish and Southern Energy Renewables has applied to build Scotland's biggest ever hydro electric scheme at the west end of the Great Glen. SSE plans a ... «BBC News, Feb 12»
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