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Blithedale

/ˈblaɪθdeɪl/

Blithedale proper noun: blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.

Proper noun

Blithedale

  1. Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
  2. A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Forms of Blithedale

alternative formBlythedale

Origin of Blithedale

A placename meaning "happy valley", from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”) + Old English dæl (“dale”). Note the anachronistic sense of blithe.

Questions about Blithedale

What does Blithedale mean?
Blithedale means blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
What part of speech is Blithedale?
Blithedale is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Blithedale?
Blithedale is pronounced /ˈblaɪθdeɪl/.

Words near Blithedale in the dictionary

  1. blit
  2. Blitar
  3. blite
  4. blites
  5. blithe
  6. Blithedale
  7. blitheful
  8. blithefully
  9. blithefulness
  10. blithehearted
  11. blitheless

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