A Scottish or Northern English dialectal term for a green field or meadow, or possibly a marshy area.
From Scots/Northern English dialect, possibly from Gaelic 'glasadh' or related to 'glash' (to splash or dash water). The exact etymology is uncertain but likely Celtic in origin.
Glashan is a word that nearly disappeared when people stopped speaking Scots dialect, but it reveals how different cultures developed unique words for types of land—showing that landscape vocabulary was crucial to daily life!
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