valley
pronunciation
How to pronounce valley in British English:
UK [ˈvæli]
How to pronounce valley in American English:
US [ˈvæli]
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- Noun:
- a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Word Origin
- valley
- valley: [13] Valley comes via Anglo-Norman valey from *vallāta, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin vallis ‘valley’, whose origins are uncertain. A more direct English descendant of vallis is vale [13].=> vale
- valley (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French valey, Old French valee "a valley" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *vallata, from Latin vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in reference to San Fernando Valley of California) was popularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter. Valley of Death (Psalm xxiii:4) was rendered in Middle English as Helldale (mid-13c.).
Example
- 1. For mrs. humphrey ward , lilies of the valley .
- 2. Though top wines from italy and napa valley are also making progress .
- 3. For years egyptian bureaucrats from the nile valley have refused to let the bedouin register their land .
- 4. Life in the lahaul valley has changed in ways people born in raj-era india would never imagine .
- 5. Outside the valley is invisible .