Yale

[yeyl]

noun

1. Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).

2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).

3. a male given name.

Example Sentences

He attended Dedza Secondary School, an institution in central Malawi known for nurturing notable politicians, and studied law in the 1960s at the prestigious Yale University in the US.

From BBC

Nonetheless, when it comes to recruiting at Harvard and Yale and other points on the Other Coast, “I still think the county has got nowhere near the name recognition that Los Angeles does.”

From Los Angeles Times

Telling no one, she abruptly dropped out of Yale and moved with him to Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University.

From BBC

A person’s 20s are transformative even if they don’t study in China, at Oxford, at Cambridge and at Yale in quick succession.

From Los Angeles Times