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noun
A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria
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noun
a sand dune by the seashore
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Probably from Chipewyan, though most Athabaskan languages have a similar word meaning "person" that's often used as the name for the people who speak the language and/or the language itself. Doublet of Diné.
