The word ''dale'' comes from Old English ''dael'', and is related to Old Norse ''dalr'', which may perhaps have influenced its survival in northern England. '' Oxford English Dictionary '' ''Dale'' is equivalent to the word '' Valley '', which entered the English language after the Norman Conquest .
Placenames incorporating ''dale'':
- Annandale (various)
- Clydesdale , Scotland
- Dale , Indiana , USA
- Dale , Pennsylvania , USA
- Dale , Wisconsin , USA
- Dale , Wyoming , USA
- Dale City , Virginia , USA
- Dale , Pembrokeshire , Wales
- Darley Dale , England
- Denby Dale , England
- Derbyshire Dales , England
- Glendale, California , USA
- Knightdale, North Carolina , USA
- Lathkill Dale , England
- Lauderdale (various)
- Liddesdale , Scotland
- Nidderdale , North Yorkshire
- Nithsdale , Scotland
- Rochdale , England
- Scottsdale , Arizona , USA
- Teesdale , England
- Teviotdale , Scotland
- Darley Dale , England
- Yorkshire Dales , England
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