valley
Definitions
- A surname from landforms.
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Ellipsis of the San Fernando Valley: a valley of southern California, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
- A long, narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains, hills, or other high areas, often having a river or stream running along the bottom. Valleys are most commonly formed through the erosion of land by rivers or glaciers. They also form where large regions of land are lowered because of geological faults.
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- A placename:
- A community in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Ellipsis of Silicon Valley. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- An area which drains itself into a river.
- A long depression worn in the land by a river or ice, or sunk between faults.
- third-person singular imperative
- A city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, on the Georgia state line.
- Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
- a stretch of flat, low land between hills or mountains, usually drained by a river and its tributaries. a beautiful green valley between the mountains. vallei وادٍ долина vale údolí das Tal dal κοιλάδαvalle org دره laakso valléeעמק घाटी dolina völgy lembah dalur valle, vallata 谷 골짜기, 계곡 slėnis ieleja lembah, lurah valleidaldolinavale vale долина údolie dolina dolina dal, dalgång หุบเขา vadi 山谷 долина, низина وادي، دامن کوہ thung lũng 山谷
- A city in Nebraska, United States.
- An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Valley Township.
- An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
- A village and community in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2979).
- A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
- (Physical Geography) a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
- (Physical Geography) the broad area drained by a single river system: the Thames valley.
- any elongated depression resembling a valley
- (Architecture) the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
Equivalents
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Afrikaansdal
አማርኛሸለቆ
Azərbaycan dilidərə
Беларускаядаліна
বাংলাউপত্যকা
Catalàvall
Danskdal
Ελληνικάκοιλάδα
Eestiorg
Gaeilgegleann
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiawāwa
Magyarvölgy
Հայերենհովիտ
Íslenskadalur
ភាសាខ្មែរជ្រលងភ្នំ
LëtzebuergeschDall
ລາວຫຸບເຂົາ
Lietuviųslėnis
Te Reo Māoriāwaawa
മലയാളംതാഴ്വര
मराठीदरी
Maltiwied
မြန်မာတောင်ကြား
नेपालीउपत्यका
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਘਾੱਟੀ
پښتودره
Românăvale
Slovenčinaúdolie
Slovenščinadolina
Gagana Samoavanu
Sesothophula
Svenskadal
Kiswahilibonde
Tagaloglambak
ئۇيغۇرچەۋادى
اردووادی
O'zbekchavodiy
Tiếng Việtthung lũng
Examples
“The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.”
“[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have⟳ heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.”
“The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west.”
“Most of the Himalayan rivers have⟳ been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut⟳ through some of the world's deepest valleys.”
“The Valley is getting downright cosmopolitan, but it’s unlikely the region will ever completely morph into a hip haven.”
“She's in school paying for tuition / Doing porn in the Valley”
“The sunshine, the abundance of U.S. government research⟳ grants, the willingness of Stanford University to let⟳ its professors walk⟳ out the door with their inventions and start⟳ companies, the presence of a counterculture intent on arming the masses with new technology—all made the Valley the place⟳ to be for people with a knack for building new technology.”
“Since the late 1950s, when perhaps six unions were active in the Valley, the trade⟳ associations and individual firms have⟳ made it one of their primary missions to destroy⟳ all vestiges of worker autonomy, the most visible manifestation of which is the union.”
“The company had merged with Sequoia [Capital]-backed X.com, and [Michael] Moritz had insisted on a grown-up CEO to run⟳ the combined company. The offer⟳ that came back from investors was a $200 million round at a $500 million pre-money valuation. Sounds rich, right? The PayPalers were insulted. It was the height of the bubble; they all thought PayPal was the next great Valley company and should be worth far more than that.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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