What does valley mean?
Definitions for valley
ˈvæl ival·ley
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word valley.
Princeton's WordNet
valley, valenoun
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Wiktionary
valleynoun
An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
Etymology: vallée, valee, from valles/vallis
valleynoun
The area which drains into a river.
Etymology: vallée, valee, from valles/vallis
valleynoun
Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
Etymology: vallée, valee, from valles/vallis
valleynoun
The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Etymology: vallée, valee, from valles/vallis
Webster Dictionary
Valleynoun
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
Etymology: [OE. vale, valeie, OF. vale, valede, F. valle, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale.]
Valleynoun
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
Etymology: [OE. vale, valeie, OF. vale, valede, F. valle, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale.]
Valleynoun
the depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof
Etymology: [OE. vale, valeie, OF. vale, valede, F. valle, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale.]
Freebase
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge. The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys. Most valleys belong to one of these two main types or a mixture of them, with respect of the cross section of the slopes or hillsides.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Valley
val′i, n. a vale or low land between hills or mountains: a low, extended plain, usually watered by a river:—pl. Vall′eys. [O. Fr. valee (Fr. vallée)—val, a vale.]
Editors Contribution
valley
The space through a range of hills or mountains.
The valley was so beautiful day and night.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'valley' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2319
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Rank popularity for the word 'valley' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4489
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Rank popularity for the word 'valley' in Nouns Frequency: #897
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of valley in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of valley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of valley in a Sentence
If you were to design the perfect Trump location, the Lehigh Valley was that 25 years ago, it is a different place now. Some of the blue collar appeal that Trump may be having in other areas of the country or the state may have less of a target here.
Beck and the police department are committed to solving these cases, we’ve seen pockets that have happened on the Westside [ west San Fernando Valley ] a while back, and we were able to break up one ring, but we don’t think that these ones are a single ring or any connection.
It’s no surprise that these tests are coming from Silicon Valley, which is the epicenter in this country of things that harm families, people are getting abortions based on these false tests. These companies are responsible for countless deaths, countless missing brothers or sisters. They must immediately stop selling these tests, and they must be held accountable.
Sun Valley Rice now is a fully integrated arm of the family business,' from farm to fork' if you will, we source rice from 200 farms, or about 10 % of the rice crop gown in California. And we handle drying, milling, packaging and marketing of the rice.
Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan:
Right now, the 78 miles that have been built have been built where there was an existing form of barrier, we just started breaking ground in( Rio Grande Valley), where we're building miles of new wall where there has been no structure there at all.
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- valleiAfrikaans
- ሸለቆAmharic
- واديArabic
- далінаBelarusian
- долчинка, долинаBulgarian
- উপত্যকাBengali
- རོངTibetan Standard
- vallCatalan, Valencian
- údolí, dolinaCzech
- долъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- cwmWelsh
- dalDanish
- Tal, SenkeGerman
- κοιλάδαGreek
- valoEsperanto
- valleSpanish
- orgEstonian
- ibar, haranBasque
- وادی, دره, بازه, خلیفPersian
- laaksoFinnish
- valléeFrench
- dalWestern Frisian
- gleannIrish
- valGalician
- ખીણGujarati
- עמקHebrew
- वादी, घाटीHindi
- völgyHungarian
- հովիտArmenian
- lembahIndonesian
- ǹdàbùdùIgbo
- dalurIcelandic
- valleItalian
- עHebrew
- 谷Japanese
- ხეობაGeorgian
- ជ្រលងភ្នំKhmer
- ಕಣಿವೆKannada
- 계곡, 골짜기Korean
- دۆڵKurdish
- vallis, vallesLatin
- DallLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- slėnisLithuanian
- ielejaLatvian
- awaawaMāori
- താഴ്വരMalayalam
- уулын хѳндийMongolian
- bukau, wadi, lebak, lurah, lembahMalay
- wiedMaltese
- တောင်ကြားBurmese
- vallei, dalDutch
- dalNorwegian
- tééhNavajo, Navaho
- val, vau, vathOccitan
- ଉପତ୍ୟକାOriya
- dolinaPolish
- valePortuguese
- valRomansh
- valeRomanian
- долинаRussian
- उपत्यकाSanskrit
- dolina, долинаSerbo-Croatian
- dolinaSlovak
- dolínaSlovene
- val, luginëAlbanian
- dalSwedish
- bondeSwahili
- பள்ளத்தாக்கு, பள்ளம்Tamil
- లోయTelugu
- หุบ, หุบเขา, หุบเหวThai
- lambakTagalog
- vadiTurkish
- ۋادىUyghur, Uighur
- долинаUkrainian
- وادیUrdu
- thung lũngVietnamese
- valêye, våWalloon
- טאָלYiddish
- 谷Chinese
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