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Added 9 October 2026

dell

/dɛl/ noun

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A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

noun

A young woman; a wench.

Origin

From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale.

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