English Explanatory Dictionary

Valhalla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.
  2. A hamlet and census-designated place in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States.
noun
  1. An abode of the gods or afterlife in general.

Pronunciation

/vælˈhælə/ /vɑlˈhɑlə/ En-ca-Valhalla.oga

Word forms

Valhalla Valhall Valhallas

Etymology

From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll (from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”)).

Related words

Valgrind

Derived words

Valhallan

Translations

Arabic: فَالْهُول Arabic: فَالْهَالَا Belarusian: Вальха́ла Belarusian: Вальга́ла Bulgarian: Валха́ла Chinese Mandarin: 瓦爾哈拉 /瓦尔哈拉 Danish: Valhal Danish: Valhalla Danish: Valhall Dutch: Walhalla Esperanto: Valhalo Estonian: Valhalla Faroese: Valhøll Finnish: Valhalla French: Walhalla French: Valhalla French: Valhalle Georgian: ვალჰალა German: Walhall German: Walhalla Greek: Βαλχάλλα Hebrew: וָלְהַאלַה Icelandic: Valhöll Italian: Walhalla Italian: Valalla Italian: Valhalla Japanese: ヴァルハラ Korean: 왈홀 Korean: 발할라 Latin: Valhalla Latvian: Valhalla Lithuanian: Valhala Macedonian: Валха́ла Norwegian: Valhall Old Norse: Valhǫll Persian: والهالا Polish: Walhalla Portuguese: Valhalla Portuguese: Valhala Portuguese: Walhala Romanian: walhalla Romanian: valhalla Russian: Валга́лла Russian: Вальха́лла Russian: Вальга́лла Spanish: Valhalla Swedish: Valhall Ukrainian: Вальга́лла
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