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Blithedale
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English
Etymology
A placename meaning "happy valley", from en ang blīþe happy, gentle + en ang dæl dale. Note the anachronistic sense of blithe.
Pronunciation
en /ˈblaɪθdeɪl/
Proper noun
Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Alternative forms
en Blythedale