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Meanings of dene in English

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Word which used to be a common name for a valley.

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Examples for "valley"
Examples for "valley"
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Why should the situation reach a crisis point in a valley period?
The Irish Times
2
The Egyptians in the valley of the Nile, the Etruscans in Italy.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
3
Arshad said security forces would clear militants out of the entire valley.
Reuters
4
And the haze in the valley increased the difficulty of the quest.
A Room with a View
5
Up in the mountains it was much cooler than in the valley.
White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calab...
1
The dean of the new Austrian mordancy is, of course, Michael Haneke.
The Irish Times
2
That means I can introduce myself today as the designated founding dean.
Self's punishment
3
The dean informed them she'd long been thinking of doing just that.
The Angel Stone
4
The dean of Peterborough protested against the irregularities of the lower house.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
5
That night in the dean's house-itcame back to haunt me again.
Caught
Usage of dene in English
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From here, it's a steep climb up the dene towards the skyline, with a wide view across the fells.
The Guardian
2
The "dene holes" are of human origin.
Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
3
Enough now; since the sacred matter that I mean Upon this only gambolling and echoing-of-earth note-What is... the delightful dene?
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins / Now First Published
4
The house, Myrtle Dene, was a fairly large one, very comfortably furnished.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
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He pushed Dene down the path into the arms of his companions.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
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I have watched from the outside edge, as Dene Strange puts it.
The Obstacle Race
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Tha tha Engle and Dene to frithe and to freondscipe fullice fengen.
Anglo-Saxon Literature
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There's the Dene Hall charity gymkana comes off in a few days.
Ranching for Sylvia
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The Dene and Métis people have coexisted with the caribou for millennia.
BBC
10
Dene wasn't in Lund while you were there-elseyou wouldn't be here.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
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Then Dene and Cole had met in the main street of White Sage.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
12
Back in the day, the Tlicho-orDogrib Dene-alsoswung that way.
Bones Are Forever
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Dene is here in White Sage, free, welcome in many homes.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
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I think in some Dene dialect it means Place of the Big Rabbit.
Bones Are Forever
15
Dene has ridden in; he swears you won't take Hare away.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
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But suddenly a brilliant idea occurred to Miss Dene, who loved dramatic effects.
The Port of Adventure
Frequent collocations
Dene through the time