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Definition of Valley
Valley

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.

The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

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Valley Quotations

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
Kahlil Gibran

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
Nelson Mandela

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Theodore Roethke

Valley Translations

valley in Afrikaans is vlei
valley in Danish is dal
valley in Dutch is vallei, dal
valley in Finnish is laakso
valley in German is Tal
valley in Italian is valle
valley in Norwegian is dal
valley in Portuguese is vale
valley in Spanish is val, valle

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