"Blithedale" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈblaɪθdeɪl/ Forms: Blythedale [alternative]
Etymology: A placename meaning "happy valley", from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”) + Old English dæl (“dale”). Note the anachronistic sense of blithe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|blīþe|t=happy, gentle}} Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”), {{inh|en|ang|dæl||dale}} Old English dæl (“dale”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Blithedale
  1. Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
    Sense id: en-Blithedale-en-name-tFwoZiSK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel, The Blithedale Romance, by American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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