Glasgow
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡlæzɡoʊ/
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Glasgow
- When you arrive at Glasgow, you change to Buchanan St. Station.
- Glasgow University
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Greater Glasgow
But I'm flying back from Glasgow today, the day that I'm filming this.
- But I'm flying back from Glasgow today, the day that I'm filming this.
- You wouldn't, as we say in Glasgow, you wouldn't send them out for a loaf.
- And I, I I was born very near Glasgow Green.
- I go, dude, you don't wear a raincoat in Glasgow.
- So I'm Shaunid, I am a researcher at Glasgow Uni.
- So let's take it all the way back to Glasgow again.
- I did the show with a hangover and now we're on to Glasgow.
- And they'll be different in, you know, a coastal village in Kent to, you know, Glasgow, where my mum's from, to the Isle of Skye.
- Tickets are available now for Glasgow, Dublin, Oslo, Stockholm, London, Manchester, and Amsterdam.
Examples
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With irony typical of his work, Gray has an Englishwoman tell how Glasgow became Culture Capital of Europe.
Academic text (1995) -
Smith himself had been a professor at the University of Glasgow for twelve years.
Academic text (1992) -
Burgess offers an account of how Glasgow has been presented over the last two hundred years.
Academic text (2000) -
After a local elementary education, Smith entered the University of Glasgow at the age of fourteen.
Academic text (1992) -
But I'm flying back from Glasgow today, the day that I'm filming this.
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Somat Enterprises, a Glasgow company that owns this place, employed him two years ago.
Fiction book (1998) -
If he wants his own key and raincoat, tell him I've gone to Glasgow.
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Last summer, I visited Glasgow and was amazed by the city's rich history.
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The famous shipbuilding industry has roots deep in Glasgow, making it an important place in Scotland.
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There are many cultural institutions to explore in Glasgow, including museums and art galleries.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Glasgow comes from Scottish Gaelic Glaschu. It probably joins glas meaning 'green' with a word for 'hollow' or 'valley', so the name once meant 'green hollow', a clear image for a city by the River Clyde.