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Dear Green Place is a Scottish comedy programme set in a park in central Glasgow.It first aired on 19 October 2007 on BBC One Scotland.The second series finished airing on 5 December 2008.
Glasgow "Dear Green Place" [84] – from one interpretation of the Scottish Gaelic name Glaschu. The name has older British Celtic (Brythonic) roots, reflected in modern Welsh as Glas-coed or -cae. (Green wood, or hollow).
The first element glas, meaning "grey-green, grey-blue" both in Brittonic, Scottish Gaelic and modern day Welsh and the second *cöü, "hollow" (cf. Welsh glas-cau), [16] giving a meaning of "green-hollow". [17] It is often said that the name means "dear green place" or that "dear green place" is a translation from Gaelic Glas Caomh. [18] "The ...
Dear Green Place is a television series set in Glasgow. Dear Green Place may also refer to: The city of Glasgow, Scotland, of which "Dear Green Place" is a popular nickname; The Dear Green Place, a novel by Archie Hind, which takes its title and setting from Glasgow
The following is an outline and topical guide of Glasgow: Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, ... "The Dear Green Place" Languages: English; Scottish ...
Defoe's description of Glasgow (Glaschu) as a "Dear Green Place" has often been misquoted as a Gaelic translation for the town's name. The Gaelic Glas could mean grey or green, while chu means dog or hollow. Glaschu probably means "Green Hollow". The "Dear Green Place", like much of Scotland, was a hotbed of unrest against the Union.
Glasgow: Glaschu Dear Green Place Glasgow City: 1172 [27] or 1175 as a burgh [28] [29] 1476 as a city [30] Glasgow Cathedral. First stone building was consecrated in ~1136 in the presence of King David I and his Court when John (1117-1147) was Bishop. [31] 622,820 Dundee: Dùn Dè City of Discovery Dundee City ~1191 as a royal burgh [32] 1889 ...
The Dear Green Place, published in 1966, was his only completed work, but it won four major awards and has been listed as one of the best 100 Scottish novels of all time. [2] The title refers to a colloquial nickname for Hind's birthplace and hometown of Glasgow.