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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: valee, from val; VALE

valley

 noun
     
Related topics: Nature, Geology, Geography
val‧ley S3 W3 [countable]
DN an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it:
the San Fernando valley
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