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–noun, plural -leys.

1.	an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.

2.	an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.

3.	any depression or hollow resembling a valley.

4.	a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.

5.	any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.

6.	Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.

7.	the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME valeie, valey < OF valee, equiv. to val vale¹ + -ee < L -āta, fem. of -ātus -ate¹

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val·ley·like, adjective

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val·ley Audio Help (vāl'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. val·leys

An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.

[Middle English valey, from Old French valee, from Vulgar Latin *vallāta, from Latin vallēs; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

val'leyed adj.

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valley

c.1290, from Anglo-Norman valey, O.Fr. valee "a valley," from V.L. *vallata, from L. vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in ref. to San Fernando Valley of California) was poularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter.

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valley
noun
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

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valley [ˈvӕli] noun

a stretch of flat, low land between hills or mountains, usually drained by a river and its tributaries
Example: a beautiful green valley between the mountains

Arabic:	وادٍ
Chinese (Simplified):	（山）谷
Chinese (Traditional):	(山)穀
Czech:	údolí
Danish:	dal
Dutch:	vallei
Estonian:	org
Finnish:	laakso
French:	vallée
German:	das Tal
Greek:	κοιλάδα
Hungarian:	völgy
Icelandic:	dalur
Indonesian:	lembah
Italian:	valle, vallata

Japanese:	谷
Korean:	골짜기, 계곡
Latvian:	ieleja
Lithuanian:	slėnis
Norwegian:	dal
Polish:	dolina
Portuguese (Brazil):	vale
Portuguese (Portugal):	vale
Romanian:	vale
Russian:	долина
Slovak:	údolie
Slovenian:	dolina
Spanish:	valle
Swedish:	dal, dalgång
Turkish:	vadi

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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.

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Valley Bend, WV Zip code(s): 26293

Valley Head, AL (town, FIPS 78240) Location: 34.55080 N, 85.62582 W
Population (1990): 577 (232 housing units)
Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35989

Valley Falls, SC (CDP, FIPS 73465) Location: 35.00873 N, 81.97436 W
Population (1990): 3504 (1482 housing units)
Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29303

Valley Mills, TX (city, FIPS 74732) Location: 31.65840 N, 97.47180 W
Population (1990): 1085 (474 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76689

Valley Park, MO (city, FIPS 75472) Location: 38.55455 N, 90.48238 W
Population (1990): 4165 (1845 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63088

Valley Park, MS Zip code(s): 39177

Valley Spring, TX Zip code(s): 76885

Valley Springs, AR (town, FIPS 71390) Location: 36.15287 N, 92.99104 W
Population (1990): 200 (82 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72682

Valley Springs, CA Zip code(s): 95252

Valley Grove, WV (village, FIPS 82732) Location: 40.09123 N, 80.57071 W
Population (1990): 569 (225 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26060

Valley Fork, WV Zip code(s): 25283

Valley Center, CA (CDP, FIPS 81736) Location: 33.21740 N, 117.01099 W
Population (1990): 1711 (686 housing units)
Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92082

Valley Center, KS (city, FIPS 73250) Location: 37.83520 N, 97.37347 W
Population (1990): 3624 (1340 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67147

Valley City, ND (city, FIPS 81180) Location: 46.92314 N, 98.00564 W
Population (1990): 7163 (3222 housing units)
Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58072

Valley City, OH Zip code(s): 44280

Valley Cottage, NY (CDP, FIPS 76661) Location: 41.11550 N, 73.94375 W
Population (1990): 9007 (3152 housing units)
Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 10989

Valley Falls, KS (city, FIPS 73300) Location: 39.34137 N, 95.46032 W
Population (1990): 1253 (484 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66088

Valley Falls, NY (village, FIPS 76672) Location: 42.90077 N, 73.56293 W
Population (1990): 527 (188 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12185

Valley Ford, CA Zip code(s): 94972

Valley Springs, SD (city, FIPS 66260) Location: 43.58319 N, 96.46466 W
Population (1990): 739 (282 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57068

Valley Station, KY (CDP, FIPS 78942) Location: 38.10345 N, 85.85858 W
Population (1990): 22840 (8168 housing units)
Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40272

Valley View, TX (town, FIPS 74756) Location: 33.48538 N, 97.16081 W
Population (1990): 640 (262 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76272

Valley Village, CA Zip code(s): 91607

Valley Lee, MD Zip code(s): 20692

Valley View, PA (CDP, FIPS 79682) Location: 39.94990 N, 76.70129 W
Population (1990): 2911 (1263 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17983

Valley Stream, NY (village, FIPS 76705) Location: 40.66445 N, 73.70524 W
Population (1990): 33946 (12165 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11580

Valley Park, OK (town, FIPS 76600) Location: 36.28357 N, 95.73339 W
Population (1990): 1 (1 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley Falls, RI (CDP, FIPS 72500) Location: 41.92385 N, 71.39345 W
Population (1990): 11175 (4293 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Valley Hill, NC (CDP, FIPS 69640) Location: 35.29597 N, 82.49060 W
Population (1990): 1802 (866 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Valley Green, PA (CDP, FIPS 79638) Location: 40.15719 N, 76.79297 W
Population (1990): 3017 (1072 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley County, NE (county, FIPS 175) Location: 41.57014 N, 98.97743 W
Population (1990): 5169 (2469 housing units)
Area: 1471.5 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water)

Valley County, MT (county, FIPS 105) Location: 48.35551 N, 106.66275 W
Population (1990): 8239 (5304 housing units)
Area: 12745.2 sq km (land), 365.6 sq km (water)

Valley County, ID (county, FIPS 85) Location: 44.74419 N, 115.55960 W
Population (1990): 6109 (6640 housing units)
Area: 9526.5 sq km (land), 144.1 sq km (water)

Valley City, IL (village, FIPS 77187) Location: 39.70889 N, 90.64910 W
Population (1990): 23 (17 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley Hi, OH (village, FIPS 79226) Location: 40.31615 N, 83.67304 W
Population (1990): 217 (98 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley View, OH (village, FIPS 79268) Location: 41.38633 N, 81.60693 W
Population (1990): 2137 (691 housing units)
Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley View, PA (CDP, FIPS 79680) Location: 40.64608 N, 76.54012 W
Population (1990): 1749 (739 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley Brook, OK (town, FIPS 76500) Location: 35.40245 N, 97.48197 W
Population (1990): 744 (336 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Valley-Hi, PA (borough, FIPS 79644) Location: 40.02702 N, 78.19082 W
Population (1990): 19 (26 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

West Valley City, UT (city, FIPS 83445) Location: 40.69091 N, 112.00857 W
Population (1990): 86976 (27367 housing units)
Area: 88.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84119, 84120

Spring Valley La, CA Zip code(s): 92392

Bear Valley Spri, CA Zip code(s): 93561

Golden Valley County, ND (county, FIPS 33) Location: 46.93852 N, 103.84393 W
Population (1990): 2108 (1035 housing units)
Area: 2595.2 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

Carmel Valley Village, CA (CDP, FIPS 11324) Location: 36.48624 N, 121.72289 W
Population (1990): 4407 (1907 housing units)
Area: 50.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Hidden Valley Lake, CA (CDP, FIPS 33549) Location: 38.80848 N, 122.51728 W
Population (1990): 1961 (1063 housing units)
Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

South Valley Stream, NY (CDP, FIPS 69892) Location: 40.65590 N, 73.71812 W
Population (1990): 5328 (2049 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Helena Valley Northeast, MT (CDP, FIPS 35628) Location: 46.70354 N, 111.95831 W
Population (1990): 1585 (517 housing units)
Area: 114.4 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water)

Golden Valley County, MT (county, FIPS 37) Location: 46.38349 N, 109.16747 W
Population (1990): 912 (432 housing units)
Area: 3044.1 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)

Helena Valley Southeast, MT (CDP, FIPS 35634) Location: 46.61636 N, 111.92135 W
Population (1990): 4601 (1643 housing units)
Area: 42.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

North Valley Stream, NY (CDP, FIPS 53748) Location: 40.68443 N, 73.70762 W
Population (1990): 14574 (4979 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Bear Valley Springs, CA (CDP, FIPS 4734) Location: 35.15926 N, 118.62752 W
Population (1990): 1593 (764 housing units)
Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Helena Valley Northwest, MT (CDP, FIPS 35631) Location: 46.72731 N, 112.05618 W
Population (1990): 1215 (434 housing units)
Area: 43.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Helena Valley West Central, MT (CDP, FIPS 35637) Location: 46.66087 N, 112.05838 W
Population (1990): 6327 (2281 housing units)
Area: 70.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Fox River Valley Gardens, IL (village, FIPS 27572) Location: 42.24437 N, 88.19492 W
Population (1990): 665 (259 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

Valley, AL (city, FIPS 78204) Location: 32.80904 N, 85.17302 W
Population (1990): 8173 (3482 housing units)
Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36854

Valley, WA Zip code(s): 99181

Valley, NE (city, FIPS 50020) Location: 41.31303 N, 96.34603 W
Population (1990): 1775 (756 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68064

Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY (CDP, FIPS 2900) Location: 44.22536 N, 105.45952 W
Population (1990): 1099 (375 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY (CDP, FIPS 38500) Location: 41.31859 N, 73.80187 W
Population (1990): 14118 (5063 housing units)
Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

Lucas Valley-Marinwood, CA (CDP, FIPS 44399) Location: 38.03520 N, 122.56549 W
Population (1990): 5982 (2225 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Scotts Valley, CA (city, FIPS 70588) Location: 37.05628 N, 122.00801 W
Population (1990): 8615 (3556 housing units)
Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95060, 95066

Spring Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 73696) Location: 32.72085 N, 116.98886 W
Population (1990): 55331 (18521 housing units)
Area: 31.5 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 91977, 91978

Grass Valley, CA (city, FIPS 30798) Location: 39.22146 N, 121.05667 W
Population (1990): 9048 (4385 housing units)
Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95945, 95949

Sloans Valley, KY Zip code(s): 42519, 42555

Apple Valley, CA (town, FIPS 2364) Location: 34.52935 N, 117.21416 W
Population (1990): 46079 (16672 housing units)
Area: 174.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92307, 92308

Water Valley, MS (city, FIPS 78000) Location: 34.16164 N, 89.63027 W
Population (1990): 3610 (1592 housing units)
Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38949, 38965

Castro Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 11964) Location: 37.71095 N, 122.06111 W
Population (1990): 48619 (19682 housing units)
Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 94546, 94552

Pear Valley, TX Zip code(s): 76867

Penn Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 56518) Location: 39.19617 N, 121.18995 W
Population (1990): 1242 (529 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95946

Pewee Valley, KY (city, FIPS 60492) Location: 38.31196 N, 85.48930 W
Population (1990): 1283 (431 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40056

Pine Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 57260) Location: 32.85542 N, 116.50119 W
Population (1990): 1297 (563 housing units)
Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 91962

Pine Valley, NY (village, FIPS 58195) Location: 40.90451 N, 72.67957 W
Population (1990): 1486 (357 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14872

Mongaup Valley, NY Zip code(s): 12762

Pine Valley, UT Zip code(s): 84781

Pleasant Valley, CT Zip code(s): 06063

Pleasant Valley, MO (city, FIPS 58520) Location: 39.21840 N, 94.48130 W
Population (1990): 2731 (1083 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64068

Pleasant Valley, NY (CDP, FIPS 58684) Location: 41.74868 N, 73.82054 W
Population (1990): 1688 (683 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12569

Pojoaque Valley, NM Zip code(s): 87501

Peace Valley, MO Zip code(s): 65788

Pauma Valley, CA Zip code(s): 92061

Monument Valley, UT Zip code(s): 84536

Morongo Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 49348) Location: 34.06389 N, 116.59176 W
Population (1990): 1544 (886 housing units)
Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92256

Mound Valley, KS (city, FIPS 48825) Location: 37.20715 N, 95.40397 W
Population (1990): 405 (194 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67354

Muncy Valley, PA Zip code(s): 17758

Newark Valley, NY (village, FIPS 49902) Location: 42.22298 N, 76.18591 W
Population (1990): 1082 (454 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13811

West Valley, NY Zip code(s): 14171

Redwood Valley, CA Zip code(s): 95470

Oro Valley, AZ (town, FIPS 51600) Location: 32.42497 N, 110.96466 W
Population (1990): 6670 (3576 housing units)
Area: 61.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85737

Paradise Valley, AZ (town, FIPS 52930) Location: 33.53927 N, 111.95462 W
Population (1990): 11671 (4750 housing units)
Area: 39.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85253

Paradise Valley, NV Zip code(s): 89426

Park Valley, UT Zip code(s): 84329

Pauls Valley, OK (city, FIPS 57550) Location: 34.72534 N, 97.22444 W
Population (1990): 6150 (2838 housing units)
Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73075

Pope Valley, CA Zip code(s): 94567

Potter Valley, CA Zip code(s): 95469

Sky Valley, GA (city, FIPS 71282) Location: 34.98328 N, 83.33217 W
Population (1990): 187 (421 housing units)
Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30537

Sun Valley, CA Zip code(s): 91352

Swan Valley, ID (city, FIPS 79120) Location: 43.43977 N, 111.31505 W
Population (1990): 141 (90 housing units)
Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83449

Sunny Valley, OR Zip code(s): 97497

Sun Valley, NV (CDP, FIPS 71600) Location: 39.59817 N, 119.77860 W
Population (1990): 11391 (4257 housing units)
Area: 22.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 89433

Spring Valley, IL (city, FIPS 72156) Location: 41.32614 N, 89.19896 W
Population (1990): 5246 (2283 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61362

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Valley

Av"a*lanche`\ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; ? (L. ad) + val, L. vallis, valley. See Valley.]

1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Valley

(1.) Heb. bik'ah, a "cleft" of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan (Josh. 11:17; 12:7), and the valley of Megiddo (2 Chr. 35:22). (2.) 'Emek, "deep;" "a long, low plain" (Job 39:10, 21; Ps. 65:13; Cant. 2:1), such as the plain of Esdraelon; the "valley of giants" (Josh. 15:8), usually translated "valley of Rephaim" (2 Sam. 5:18); of Elah (1 Sam. 17:2), of Berachah (2 Chr. 20:26); the king's "dale" (Gen. 14:17); of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12), of Achor (Josh. 7:24; Isa. 65:10), Succoth (Ps. 60:6), Ajalon (Josh. 10:12), Jezreel (Hos. 1:5). (3.) Ge, "a bursting," a "flowing together," a narrow glen or ravine, such as the valley of the children of Hinnom (2 Kings 23:10); of Eshcol (Deut. 1:24); of Sorek (Judg. 16:4), etc. The "valley of vision" (Isa. 22:1) is usually regarded as denoting Jerusalem, which "may be so called," says Barnes (Com. on Isa.), "either (1) because there were several valleys within the city and adjacent to it, as the vale between Mount Zion and Moriah, the vale between Mount Moriah and Mount Ophel, between these and Mount Bezetha, and the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of the brook Kidron, etc., without the walls of the city; or (2) more probably it was called the valley in reference to its being compassed with hills rising to a considerable elevation above the city" (Ps. 125:2; comp. also Jer. 21:13, where Jerusalem is called a "valley"). (4.) Heb. nahal, a wady or water-course (Gen. 26:19; Cant. 6:11).

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