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Valley - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Valley : (noun)
1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually
contains a river [syn: vale]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Valley : \Val"ley\, n.; pl. Valleys. [OE. vale, valeie, OF.
val['e]e, valede, F. vall['e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis,
valles. See Vale.]
1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains;
the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions
intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a
stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or
both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii.
4.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
and plains. --Milton.
Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually
the results of erosion by water, and are called
gorges, ravines, ca[~n]ons, gulches, etc.
2. (Arch.)
(a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which
have their plates running in different directions, and
form on the plan a re["e]ntrant angle.
(b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on
a flat roof.
Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead
gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead
gutter are not usual in the United States.
Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which
supports the valley.
Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See
Valley, 2, above.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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, 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
Valley, WA
Zip code(s): 99181
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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).
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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