A vale is a type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

. Vale may also refer to:

Places

Georgia

* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway

* Våle, a historic municipality

Portugal

* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira

Romania

* Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County * Vale, a village in

Toplița Toplița (; hu, Maroshévíz, ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Roman ...

city, Harghita County * Vale ( hu, Vále, link=no), a village in Săliște town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom

Vale, Guernsey Vale (Guernésiais: ''Lé Vale''; French language, French: ''Le Valle'') is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of William I, Duke of Normandy, William I ...

, a parish in Guernsey *

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" * Vale of Leven, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale"

United States

* Vale, Avery County, North Carolina *

Vail, Colorado Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the num ...

* Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina *

Vale, Oregon Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, on the Malheur River at its confluence with Bully Creek. Vale was selected a ...

* Vale, South Dakota * Vale, West Virginia *

Vale Summit, Maryland Vale Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 139. Local lore indicates that the community was so named in the mid 19th cent ...

Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota Vale Township is one of the two townships of Butte County, South Dakota, United States; most of the rest of the county is unorganized territory. It lies in the southern part of the county. External linksOfficial mapby the United States Census ...

* Vale Tunnel, Raytown, Missouri * Lyman Estate, known as "The Vale", Waltham, Massachusetts

Languages

* Vale language, a minor Sudanic language *

Vale languages The Vale languages, or Ruto–Vale, comprise a small number of languages spoken by a few tens of thousands of people in the Central African Republic and perhaps Chad. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family. The most populous Val ...

or "Ruto-Vale", a group of languages * Central Vale language, a minor Central Sudanic language *''Vale'', Latin for ''farewell'' in the Latin phrase ''

Ave atque vale }. Name of episode 1 in season 3 of '' Berlin Station''. , - , ''aut cum scuto aut in scuto'', , either with shield or on shield, , Or, "do or die" or "no retreat". A Greek expression («Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς») that Spartan mothers sa ...

'', formerly used as an alternative abbreviation before an obituary (as in obit)

People

Vale (surname) Vale is an English, Spanish, and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican actress, singer and comedian * Brenda and Robert Vale, architects and researchers in the field of sustainable hou ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Vale P. Thielman Valentine "Vale" P. Thielman (October 10, 1843 – February 21, 1925) was an American politician. He served in the South Dakota State Senate from 1889 to 1890. He also sat in the Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized inco ...

, American politician * Short form of the Italian given name Valentina

Transportation

* HNoMS ''Vale'', warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy *

Vale Special The Vale Special (sometimes just Vale) was a British sports car made between 1932 and 1935 in Maida Vale, London. History The Vale Motor Company was established in 1931 by Pownoll Pellew (later 9th Viscount Exmouth) as a 'gentleman's hobby' i ...

, a British sports car

Other uses

* ''Vale'' (album), a January Black Veil Brides album * ''Vale'', a 2008

Orden Ogan Orden Ogan is a German power metal band with progressive and folk metal elements. The band was formed in 1996 by Sebastian Grütling (drums) and Sebastian Levermann (lead vocals and guitar). They currently have three demos and seven studio albu ...

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Vale (company) Vale S.A., formerly ''Companhia Vale do Rio Doce'' (the Sweet River Valley Company, referring to the Doce River) () is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Vale ...

, a Brazilian mining company * Vale gas field, a North Sea gas field * The home town for the protagonists in the Nintendo game series '' Golden Sun'' * ''Vale'', the primary setting of the RoosterTeeth animated series ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors (called "Huntsmen" and ...