Dean
- a dean is a deep glen or valley, sometimes wooded, and often with a river running through it. Dean Village, in Edinburgh, where the land slopes down steeply to the Water of Leith, is one example. The old parish of Hassendean, in Roxburgh also takes its name from one such glen. In origin, the term derives from Old English denu 'valley', and is found in place-names in both Scotland and England. The place-name term den is closely related to the word dean.