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Lowland Scottish Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was a bus operator in south eastern Scotland and parts of Northern England. The company was formed in 1985 and operated under the identities Lowland Scottish, Lowland and First Lowland / First SMT, until 1999 when ...

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name ...

surname meaning "glass". It is also an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

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Highland Scottish Highland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was formed as a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group in June 1985 from Highland Omnibuses Ltd, and operated until October 1995 when the company was split into two - Highland Bus & Coach and ...

surname meaning "green". Notable people with the surname include: *

Arend Glas Arend Dirk Glas (29 October 1968) is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed between 1992 and 2006. Career Glas began his career in bobsledding in 1992 in Igls, Innsbruck in Austria. Competing in two Winter Olympic Games, he achieved his best finish ...

(born 1968), Dutch bobsledder * Erich Glas (1897–1973), German-Israeli artist *

George Glas George Glas (1725 – 30 November 1765) was a Scottish seaman and merchant adventurer in West Africa. The son of John Glas, the divine, Glas was born at Dundee in 1725, and is said to have been brought up as a surgeon. He obtained command of a ...

(1725–1765), Scottish mariner *

Gerrit Glas Gerrit is a Dutch language, Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard.Beh ...

(born 1954), Dutch professor *Gotthard Glas, birth name of

Uziel Gal Uziel "Uzi" Gal ( he, עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was an Israeli firearm designer, best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun. Biography Gal was born in ...

(1923–2002), German-born Israeli gun-designer *

Hanna Glas Hanna Erica Maria Glas (born 16 April 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Sweden national team. Club career Glas began her football career at Sundsvalls DFF of Sweden's ...

(born 1992), Swedish footballer * Hans Glas (1890–1969), German entrepreneur who built cars with the brand Glas, which was bought by BMW. * Imke Glas (born 1994), Dutch artistic gymnast * John Glas (1695–1773), Scottish clergyman *

Jorge Glas Jorge David Glas Espinel (; born 13 September 1969) is an Ecuadorian politician and electrical engineer. He served as Vice President of Ecuador from 24 May 2013 to 13 December 2017. President Lenín Moreno suspended Glas of his official duties ...

(born 1969), Ecuadorian Vice President * Jürgen Glas (born 1956), German swimmer * Konrad Glas (born 1940), German sailor *

Rich Glas Richard Alexander Glas (born April 30, 1948) is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. In a coaching career that spanned 1970 to 2017, Glas had various assi ...

, American basketball coach * Stéphane Glas (born 1973), French rugby player *Tyko Gabriel Glas, fictional character in the Swedish novel ''

Doctor Glas ''Doctor Glas'', an epistolary novel by Hjalmar Söderberg, tells the story of a physician in 19th-century Sweden who deals with moral and love issues. Synopsis The novel is about Dr. Tyko Gabriel Glas who is a respected physician in Stockhol ...

'' (1905) *

Uschi Glas Helga Ursula "Uschi" Glas (; born 2 March 1944), sometimes credited as Ursula Glas, is a German actress in film, television and on stage, and a singer. Biography Born in Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Glas started appearing in films in 1965. ...

(born 1944), German film and television actress

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