Blithedale

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/ˈblaɪθdeɪl/

proper noun

Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.

OriginOld English blīþe →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Blythedale

  1. Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
  2. A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdæl“dale”
  2. Old Englishblīþe“happy, gentle”
  3. EnglishBlithedale

A placename meaning "happy valley", from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”) + Old English dæl (“dale”). Note the anachronistic sense of blithe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

billethead
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APA

Blithedale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blithedale

MLA

“Blithedale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blithedale. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blithedale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blithedale.

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