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valley

/ˈvæli/ noun A2
  1. An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it. · The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.
  2. An area which drains itself into a river.
  3. Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Plural valleys

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But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 75 · C1
I think it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window and lilacs in the front yard and lilies of the valley just inside the gate.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 50 · C1
Below was a little valley and beyond a long, gently-rising slope with snug farmsteads scattered along it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
Away down the valley,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1

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