valley: [13] Valley comes via Anglo-Norman valey from *vallāta, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin vallis ‘valley’, whose origins are uncertain. A more direct English descendant of vallis is vale [13]. => vale
valley (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French valey, Old French valee "a valley" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *vallata, from Latin vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in reference to San Fernando Valley of California) was popularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter. Valley of Death (Psalm xxiii:4) was rendered in Middle English as Helldale (mid-13c.).
例文
1. The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley .
パルチザンがパグマン山谷地区で抵抗を続けている。
2.The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley .
トラックはザンビ西谷の絶壁に沿ってゆっくりと進んでいる。
3.These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.
は、サクソン時代からセビンの谷のこれらの林を伐採して木材を取得してきた。
4.A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley .
青色破線は、水の流れていない谷を表しています。
5.Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.