noun

• (chiefly Britain) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
• The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
• (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
• A surname from Middle English for someone living in a dale.
• A male given name transferred from the surname.
• A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5444).
• A village and community in west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8005).
• A village in Fjaler, Vestland, Norway.
• A village in Vaksdal, Vestland, Norway.
• A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
• A woreda in Ethiopia.
• A community in Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
• A number of places in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Illinois.
• A town in Spencer County, Indiana.
• An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
• A former community in Tobacco Township, Gladwin County, Michigan.
• A ghost town in Clay County, Minnesota.
• A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
• A hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
• An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
• An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
• A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
• An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
• An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
• An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
• An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
• A town and census-designated place therein, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.