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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

dells plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dells
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dell

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

Example Sentences

"You gave up many an afternoon to me, Nina," he rejoined, "when I sprained my ankle down at that confounded Castello Dell' Ovo."

From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William

Dell' immediata influenza delle Selve sul corso delle acqua.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

—Storia || delle || Relazioni vicendevoli || Dell' Europa e dell' Asia || dalla Decadenza di Roma || fino alla || distruzione del Califfato || del Conte || Gio.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

"He'll hear you, and then—" "'Hazel Dell'?" the silly voice came from the parlor, with a sound of fright in it.

From The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse by Howells, William Dean

A curious case of this sort is noticed by Cerini, Dell' Impianto e Conservazione dei Boschi, p.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.