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dale

[deyl]
–noun
a valley, esp. a broad valley.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME dal, OE dæl; c. G Tal, ON dalr, Goth dals

Dale

[deyl]
–noun
1. Sir Henry Hal⋅lett [hal-it] , 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1936.
2. Sir Thomas, died 1619, British colonial administrator in America: governor of Virginia 1614–16.
3. a male or female given name.
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dale   (dāl)   
n.  A valley: galloped over hill and dale.

[Middle English, from Old English dæl.]
Dale   (dāl)   
British physiologist. He shared a 1936 Nobel Prize for work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
Dale, Sir Thomas Died 1619.  
English-born naval commander and colonial administrator noted for his strict rule of Virginia from 1611 to 1616.
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Word Origin & History

dale 
O.E. dæl, from P.Gmc. *dalan "valley," preserved from extinction in north of England by Norse infl. Akin to words for "bow" (v.), probably through the notion of a bend in the ground.
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Dale (dāl), Sir Henry Hallett. 1875-1968.

British physiologist. He shared a 1936 Nobel Prize for work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses, particularly for the isolation and study of acetylcholine (1914).

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Dale   (dāl)  Pronunciation Key 
British physiologist who discovered acetylcholine and, with Otto Loewi, investigated the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
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