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vale

UK/ˈvɑːleɪ/ US/veɪɫ/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

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From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles. Displaced native Old English dell.

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