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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

Dell' Inferno, canto iv. ii. 55-63. mountainous shapes half buried in rocks, encrusting lava, and ashes.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

The castle of St. Elmo, held by a French garrison, and the castles Dell' Uovo and Nuovo by Neapolitan republicans, were besieged by the royalists, by Foote, and by the Russian and Turkish allies.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

—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

Dell' uso e dell' abuso del caffè, dissertazione storico-fisico-medica.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

"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