King's Glen
valley · Inverclyde
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
King's Glen indicates a valley associated with a king. 'King's' is the possessive form, and 'glen' is a loanword from Gaelic meaning a narrow valley.
Word origins
- King's
- Old Englishbelonging to the king(from cyninges "of the king")
- Glen
- GaelicAttestedvalley(from gleann "valley")