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valley

English

Etymology

From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vall?s/vallis. Doublet of vlei.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: v?l'?, IPA(key): /?væli/
  • Rhymes: -æli

Noun

valley (plural valleys)

  1. An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
    Synonyms: (poetic) vale; see also Thesaurus:valley
  2. The area which drains into a river.
  3. Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
  4. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Hyponyms

  • closed-cut valley
  • open valley

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • dale
  • dell
  • vale

Anagrams

  • y'all've

Manx

Noun

valley

  1. Lenited form of balley.

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strath

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic srath, from Old Irish srath, from Proto-Celtic *stratos, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh?-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st?æ?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

strath (plural straths)

  1. (Scotland) A wide, flat river valley.

Related terms

  • Strathclyde
  • Strathspey

See also

  • glen

Anagrams

  • Hartts

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