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littledale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
lit-tledale
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Countable; Uncountable

name

A valley and hamlet (?) in Caton-with-Littledale parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5561).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Littledales (plural)

Questions

What does littledale mean?
A minor valley, along with Littledale Beck (a stream), in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6732)
Where does littledale come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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