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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GLASGOW

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(origin: Gaelic and Cor. Br. Local) From the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The green, fruitful place, from glas, green, and geu or gew, a "choice field," the stay or support of the estate.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).