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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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Halle Berry speaks out against ex-husband Oliver Martinez amid his recent restraining order against the Oscar-winning star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

But it won't be easy because Frances has been playing fantastic of late and won the title in Halle last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

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

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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

The Hallé Orchestra was ratcheting its way through the cranking theme Wagner fashioned for the forging of the blade.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2018

A “Ring” is an achievement for any orchestra, but for the Hallé and its audience, it had a special meaning.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2018

A Private View, a first appearance of Joachim or Sarasate, a first concert of Richter or Henschel or Hallé, at each of these, almost to a certainty, the poet was sure to appear.

From Life of Robert Browning by William Sharp

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