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Dales

1 British  
/ deɪlz /

plural noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) short for the Yorkshire Dales

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Dales 2 British  
/ deɪlz /

noun

  1. a strong working breed of pony, originating from Yorkshire and Durham

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A volunteer mountain rescuer was pictured scaling a frozen Gordale Scar waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park after temperatures dropped in parts of the UK.

From BBC

“Inflation is fading much faster than everyone thought,” said Paul Dales, chief U.K. economist at Capital Economics, in a note to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal

A campaign group has been formed to oppose plans for a major wind farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

From BBC

John Whitby, the Labour MP for Derbyshire Dales, added: "I hope the government understands there is a pretty strong sense of feeling on this from their own members".

From BBC

Raised in Yorkshire, in the north of England, I’d gone from a bay-window view of the Derbyshire Dales to a balcony view of the Bay of Bengal and I missed my old bedroom, my classmates, my pair of Syrian hamsters.

From The Wall Street Journal