noun
a valley, especially a broad valley.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English dal, Old English dæl; cognate with German Tal, Old Norse dalr, Gothic dals
before 900; Middle English dal, Old English dæl; cognate with German Tal, Old Norse dalr, Gothic dals
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noun
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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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| —n | |
| an open valley, usually in an area of low hills | |
| [Old English dæl; related to Old Frisian del, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal valley] | |
| Dale (deɪl) | |
| —n | |
| Sir Henry Hallet. 1875--1968, English physiologist: shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1936 with Otto Loewi for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses | |
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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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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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