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Langdale

Langdale proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Langdale (countable and uncountable, plural Langdales)

  1. A surname.
    • Driver Langdale entered the service of the L.N.W.R. as an engine cleaner at Camden on April 25, 1898, at the age of 17, and has been stationed in the London area ever since.1943 September and October, “Top Link Drivers”, in Railway Magazine, page 293
  2. A community on the Sunshine Coast, southern British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A former village in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, now absorbed into the city of Valley.

Forms of Langdale

pluralLangdales

Origin of Langdale

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

Questions about Langdale

What does Langdale mean?
Langdale means a surname.
What part of speech is Langdale?
Langdale is a proper noun.

Words near Langdale in the dictionary

  1. Langbank
  2. langbeinite
  3. langbeinites
  4. Langchenphu
  5. Langcliffe
  6. Langdale
  7. Langdales
  8. langdebeef
  9. langdebeefs
  10. langdebeve
  11. Langdell

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