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• dell
  dell

  noun

  a small, usually wooded valley; vale.
• Dell
  Dell

  noun

  a male or female given name.
• dell'
  dell'

  (in names of Italian derivation) an elided form of della: Giovanni dell' Anguillara.

dell

¹ American  

[del] / dɛl /

noun

1. a small, usually wooded valley; vale.

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Dell ² American  

[del] / dɛl /

noun

1. a male or female given name.

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dell' ³ American  

[del] / dɛl /

1. (in names of Italian derivation) an elided form of della: Giovanni dell' Anguillara.

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dell British  

/ dɛl /

noun

1. a small, esp wooded hollow

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Etymology

Origin of dell

before 1000; Middle English delle, Old English dell; akin to dale

Example Sentences

Though Park is poised to win her race against Venice Dell supporter Faizah Malik, Feldstein Soto didn’t make the November runoff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The proposed Westside affordable housing project known as Venice Dell has seen it all: neighborhood uproar, lawsuits, clashing city directives to alternatively approve and deny.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Michael Dell, Ivanka Trump and many others shared the 165-page paper with their online followers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Ben Emons, founder and chief investment officer at FedWatch Advisors, dubbed one group of memory and chip stocks the “Parabolic Seven”: Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Marvell, Micron and Sandisk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I got up to go, because my session was now over, and Dell Duke was smiling.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan