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Meaning of Vale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
veɪl

Definitions

  1. Port Vale FC.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina.
  4. A surname.
  5. A valley.
  6. A small area of Catawba County, North Carolina.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
  8. A city, the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon.
  9. A census-designated place and township in Butte County, South Dakota.
  10. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  11. A small settlement near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9126).

Equivalents

العربية الوادي
Français vale
Italiano vale vale vale
한국어 골짜기
Kurdî vale
Polski padół
Português vale
Українська долина

Examples

“In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,”
“"Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.”
“Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,”
“The short sweet turfage of the hills renders "Portland mutton" almost as famous as Welsh, while the luxuriance of the vales lends itself to the breeding of fine cattle.”
“But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men lifted their voices in wonder and joy.”

CEFR level

C2
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