Definition of Glasgow

1. Noun. Largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Scotland
Member holonyms: Glaswegian
Derivative terms: Glaswegian

Definition of Glasgow

1. Proper noun. A city in Lanarkshire and the largest in Scotland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glasgow

Gladys Smith
Glag.
Glagolitic
Glagolitic alphabet
Glamorgan
Glamorgan sausage
Glamorganshire
Glanvillian
Glareola
Glareolidae
Glarus
Glaser
Glaser's salt
Glasgow (current term)
Glasgow's sign
Glasgow kiss
Glasgow kisses
Glasgow smile
Glasgow smiles
Glasite
Glasites
Glasnevin
Glasto
Glastonbury

Literary usage of Glasgow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Churches of this order were founded in Paisley, Glasgow, Edinburgh, ... See James Ross, History of Congregational Independency in Scotland (Glasgow, 1900). ..."

2. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall, Pedro Beltrán, Solomon Northup, Robin George Collingwood (1895)
"There is an interesting Chapter on Glasgow by COSMO INNES. in Sketches of Early ... Memorials of the Old College of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1871 : re-edited as ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"individual partners thereof M'Kenzie, Alex, merchant, Glasgow M* Donald, Donald, merchant, ... as individuals Wilson and Hill, slate-merchants, Glasgow, ..."

4. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"From Glasgow 9. To INVERARAY (1-2 days). For this excursion there are five ... We leave Glasgow (St. Enoch's) at 8 am and have IVs br. on shore at Beifügt. ..."

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