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1. (n.) valley
an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.
2. valley
an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
3. valley
any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
4. valley
a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
5. valley
any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, or the like:
the valley of despair.
6. valley
a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME valeie, valey < OF valee=valvale+-ee < L -āta, fem. of -ātus -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) valley, vale
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
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1. (noun) valley
the low area between two mountains
a river running through the valley
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) VALLEY
the space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively
2. (noun) VALLEY
the place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle
3. (noun) VALLEY
the depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: vallei |
 Arabic: وادٍ |
 Bulgarian: долина |
 Brazilian: vale |
 Czech: údolí |
 German: das Tal |
 Danish: dal |
 Greek: κοιλάδα |
 Spanish: valle |
 Estonian: org |
 Farsi: دره |
 Finnish: laakso |
 French: vallée |
 Hebrew: עֵמֶק |
 Hindi: घाटी |
 Croatian: dolina |
 Hungarian: völgy |
 Indonesian: lembah |
 Icelandic: dalur |
 Italian: valle, vallata |
 Japanese: 谷 |
 Korean: 골짜기, 계곡 |
 Lithuanian: slėnis |
 Latvian: ieleja |
 Malay: lembah, lurah |
 Dutch: vallei |
 Norwegian: dal |
 Polish: dolina |
 Portuguese: vale |
 Romanian: vale |
 Russian: долина |
 Slovak: údolie |
 Slovenian: dolina |
 Serbian: dolina |
 Swedish: dal, dalgång |
 Thai: หุบเขา |
 Turkish: vadi |
 Taiwanese: 山谷 |
 Ukrainian: долина, низина |
 Urdu: وادي، دامن کوہ |
 Vietnamese: thung lũng |
 Chinese: 山谷 |
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