Glina is a word of Slavic origin, meaning "
clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4).
Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
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Glina (river)
Glina is a river in central Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, a right tributary of Kupa. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
Glina rises in the mountainous forested areas of Kordun, northeast of Slunj, near the village of Glinsko Vre ...
in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Glina, Croatia
Glina is a town in central Croatia, located southwest of Petrinja and Sisak in the Sisak-Moslavina County. It lies on the eponymous river of Glina.
History Early history
Glina was first mentioned as a city in June 1284. Later in September 1737 ...
, a town in Croatia
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Glina massacres
The Glina massacres were killings of Serb peasants in the town of Glina in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) that occurred between May and August 1941, during World War II. The first wave of massacres in the town began on 11 or 12 May 1941, w ...
, 1941
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Glina, Piotrków County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
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Glina, Sieradz County
Glina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złoczew, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a province- voivodeship in ...
in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
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Glina, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
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Glina, Lipsko County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
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Glina, Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Glina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małkinia Górna, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship ( ...
in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
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Glina, Otwock County
Glina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Celestynów, within Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Celestynów, east of Otwock, and south-east of Warsaw.
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in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
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Glina, Węgrów County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
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Glina, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)
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Glina, Ilfov
Glina is a commune in the south-east of Ilfov county, Muntenia, Romania. Its name is derived from Slavic ''Glina'', meaning "clay". It is composed of three villages: Cățelu, Glina and Manolache.
The commune is the site of the Glina sewage treat ...
, a commune in Ilfov County, Romania
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Glina, Bloke, a village in Slovenia
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Glan (Gurk)
The Glan (; sl, Glina) is a river in Carinthia, Austria, a right tributary of the Gurk. It is long. Its drainage basin is .
It rises north of the Wörthersee in the Ossiach Tauern, then running through Feldkirchen, going northeastwards passin ...
, a tributary of Gurk in Carinthia, Austria
See also
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Glinka (disambiguation)
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Hlinka
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