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dell

1

[ del ]

noun

  1. a small, usually wooded valley; vale.


Dell

2

[ del ]

noun

  1. a male or female given name.

dell'

3

[ del ]

  1. (in names of Italian derivation) an elided form of della: Giovanni dell' Anguillara.

dell

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. a small, esp wooded hollow
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dell1

before 1000; Middle English delle, Old English dell; akin to dale
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dell1

Old English; related to Middle Low German delle valley; compare dale
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The animals located a rich stand of wild grapes in a dell partway up the hill.

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It will rumble through the valley; it will rattle in the dell.

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“Purity” was shot in the countryside around Santa Barbara, Calif. It featured a cast of 200, many of them dancers who cavort in a dell.

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In 1959, the Union Soldiers and Sailors monument was relocated to the dell.

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The boos would likely be heard through the valley, in the dell, to the mountain and on the flat.

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