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Littledale

Littledale proper noun: a minor valley, along with Littledale Beck (a stream), in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6732).

Proper noun

Littledale (countable and uncountable, plural Littledales)

  1. A minor valley, along with Littledale Beck (a stream), in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6732)
  2. A valley and hamlet (?) in Caton-with-Littledale parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5561).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Littledale

pluralLittledales

Origin of Littledale

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).

Questions about Littledale

What does Littledale mean?
Littledale means a minor valley, along with Littledale Beck (a stream), in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6732).
What part of speech is Littledale?
Littledale is a proper noun.

Words near Littledale in the dictionary

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  3. LittleBigPlaneteers
  4. Littleborough
  5. Littlebury
  6. Littledale
  7. Littledales
  8. Littlefield
  9. Littlefields
  10. littlefur
  11. littlefurs

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