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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.

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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

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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)

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Example Sentences

Halle Berry feels like a big sister, always imbuing a bit of sagacity but distinct youthfulness into every film she does.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI in Halle identified a substance that targets harmful pathogens without affecting the rest of the microbial community.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

“I felt like I was playing the essence of the Halle who is finding herself now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

In July 2023, Liebich was sentenced by the Halle District Court in Saxon-Anhalt to a total of one year and six months in prison without parole for extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation, and insult.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The end, where all the lines stopped, was a beetfield on the Elbe, outside of Halle.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut