Glâne

See also: glane and glané

French

Etymology

Perhaps from the conflation of Gaulish glanna (“bank (of a river)”) and glanos (“clear, pure, limpid, transparent”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥Hnós, from *ǵʰel- (“bright”). Cognate of several other toponyms: Gland (“a few ancient settlements in Switzerland”), le Glaney (“A tributary of la Glâne and an adjacent hamlet”), la Glenne (“a tributary of la Chalaronne”), and Le Glenans (“a tributary of the Rhône”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlan/ ~ /ɡlɑn/

Proper noun

la Glâne f

1. (river) a tributary of the Sarine (Saane)
2. (District de la Glâne) a district in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
3. (la Petite Glâne) one of two districts in either Payerne, Vaud or Broye, Fribourg
4. (les Glânes) an ancient community associated with modern Romont

Descendants

• German: Glâne