Langdale

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English lang ← Old Norse dalr →
UncommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

proper nounLangdale (countable and uncountable, plural Langdales)

plural Langdales

  1. countableuncountableA surname.

    Driver Langdale entered the service of the L.N.W.R. as an engine cleaner at Camden on April 25, 1898, at the age of 17, and has been stationed in the London area ever since.

    1943 September and October, “Top Link Drivers”, in Railway Magazine, page 293
  2. countableuncountableA community on the Sunshine Coast, southern British Columbia, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA former village in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, now absorbed into the city of Valley.

Origin

  1. Old Norsedalr“valley”
  2. Old Englishlang“long”
  3. EnglishLangdale

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Langlade
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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