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  • Halle
    Halle
    noun
    Morris, 1923–2018, U.S. linguist, born in Latvia.
  • Hallé
    Hallé
    noun
    Sir Charles , original name Karl Hallé . 1819–95, German conductor and pianist, in Britain from 1848. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester

Halle

American  
[hal-ee, hah-luh] / ˈhæl i, ˈhɑ lə /

noun

  1. Morris, 1923–2018, U.S. linguist, born in Latvia.

  2. Official Name Halle an der Saale.  a city in Germany, NW of Leipzig.


Hallé 1 British  
/ ˈhæleɪ /

noun

  1. Sir Charles , original name Karl Hallé . 1819–95, German conductor and pianist, in Britain from 1848. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Halle 2 British  
/ ˈhalə /

noun

  1. Official name: Halle an der Saale.  a city in E central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, on the River Saale: early saltworks; a Hanseatic city in the late Middle Ages; university (1694). Pop: 240 119 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Along the way, the company joined Station F, the vast tech start-up incubator housed in the Halle Freyssinet, a renovated rail freight depot in Paris.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The rest were at a tournament staged in Halle, Germany, at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

A spokesperson for the Halle public prosecutor's office told the BBC that Liebich was now in custody in the Czech Republic.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

When Halle Bailey moved from Georgia to Los Angeles as a wide-eyed preteen nearly 15 years ago, the city felt like a wonderland of possibility.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

And I was getting to be closer friends with Halle, who Lauren thought was lame.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

Performing the same song with James Blunt and Manchester's Hallé Orchestra, he got every note right.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo, whose voice has been called "a thing of wonder", makes her Proms debut with Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen and the Hallé orchestra.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2025

A graduate of the Boston Conservatory, he later served as an assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in England, under its longtime music director, Mark Elder.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2022

In Nottingham, where I grew up, the Hallé was the bright light in a barren musical landscape.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2018

Noufflard, daughter of Lady Hallé, has given some recollections.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay

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