Dales

/deɪlz/ noun

Open valleys between hills or mountains, especially those with gentle slopes and typically grassy landscapes, common in Northern England.

From Old English 'dæl' and Old Norse 'dalr' both meaning valley; extremely common in British place names (like Yorkshire Dales), these cognates appear across Germanic languages.

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