Complete Definition of "valley"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/væl.li/
SAMPA|/v{l.li/
AHD|/v�l�/
audio|en-us-valley.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æli|-æli

Etymology
French vallée < Latin vales.

Noun
valley (plural valleys)

  1. An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
  2. The area which drains into a river.
  3. Any structure resembling 1, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.

Translations
trans-top|elongated depression between hills or mountains
Arabic: ARchar|�اد� (wádi) m
Basque: ibar, haran
Catalan: vall m
Chinese: 山谷 (sh�ng�)
Czech: údolí n
Danish: dal
Dutch: vallei f, dal n
Esperanto: valo
Finnish: laakso (1)
French: vallée f
German: Senke f, Tal n
Greek: κοιλάδα (kiláða) f
Hebrew: ע�ק (�emek) m
Hungarian: völgy
Icelandic: dalur m
Italian: valle f
Japanese: 谷 (��, tani)
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Korean: �곡 (gyegok)
Kurdish: KUchar|د�ڵ
Latin: valles f, vallis f
Lithuanian: sl�nis m
Norwegian: dal m
Novial: vale
Old English: dæl n
Old Norse: dalr
Portuguese: vale m
Romanian: vale f
Russian: долина (dolína) f
Serbian: долина (dolina) f
Slovak: dolina f
Slovene: dolina f
Spanish: valle f
Swedish: dal c
Tagalog: lambak
Welsh: cwm m
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See also
dale
dell
vale

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