Dale

Dale or dales may refer to:

Locations

• Dale, or dael, is an Old English word meaning "valley"
• Dale (landform), origin of the word Dale
• Dale (place name element), list of place names ending in "-dale"

Geography

Australia

• The Dales (Christmas Island), in the Indian Ocean

Canada

• Dale, Ontario

Ethiopia

• Dale (woreda), district

Norway

• Dale, Hordaland, the administrative centre of Vaksdal municipality, Hordaland county
• Dale, Sogn og Fjordane, the administrative centre of Fjaler municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county
• Dale Church, a church in Fjaler municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county
• Dale Church (Luster), a church in Luster municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county
• Dale Church (Vaksdal), a church in Vaksdal municipality, Hordaland county
• Dale Church (also known as Norddal Church), a church in Norddal municipality, Møre og Romsdal county

Poland

• Dale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)

Sweden

• The Dales, archaic English name for Dalarna province

United Kingdom

• Dale, Cumbria, a hamlet in England
• Dale, Derbyshire, England
• Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Derbyshire Dales, England
• Yorkshire Dales, England

United States

• Dale, Illinois
• Dale, Indiana
• Dale, Kentucky, a defunct community since annexed to Fort Thomas
• Dale, Minnesota
• Dale, Nebraska
• Dale, Oklahoma
• Dale, Oregon
• Dale, Pennsylvania
• Dale, South Carolina, an unincorporated community
• Dale, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Dale, Wisconsin
• Dale, Berks County, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Dale City, Virginia
• Dale County, Alabama
• Dale County School District in Alabama
• Dales, California

People

• Dale (given name)
• Dale (surname)

Fictional characters

• Alan-a-Dale, minstrel from the Robin Hood legend
• Chip 'n' Dale, fictional cartoon characters
• Dale Arden, the fellow-adventurer and love interest of Flash Gordon
• Dale Cooper, the main character of the TV series Twin Peaks
• Dale Gribble, from King of the Hill
• Dale Horvath, from the comic book series The Walking Dead and from the American television series of the same name
• Dale McGillicutty, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series

Other

• Dale (automobile)
• Dale (crater) on the Moon
• Dale (film), a film about the life of Dale Earnhardt
• Dale (Middle-earth), a town in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth
• Dale of Norway, a textile company based in Dale, Vaksdal municipality, Norway
• The Dalelands, a geographical area in the fictional world of the Forgotten Realms
• The Dales, a BBC radio soap opera originally called Mrs Dale's Diary
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a First Amendment opinion from the US Supreme Court
• USS Dale, various ships

See also

• Dell (landform), a small wooded valley
• Vale (disambiguation), a wide river valley
• Dales pony
• The Dales (disambiguation)
• Dalles (disambiguation)