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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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