English Explanatory Dictionary

vly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.
noun
  1. Alternative form of vlei.

Pronunciation

/vlaɪ/

Word forms

vly vlies

Etymology

Attested chiefly as vly, rarely as vlaie or fly. From a dialectal form of Middle Dutch valeye, which meant "valley" in standard Dutch; a semantic shift to meaning "swamp" occurred either in Middle Dutch or independently in the speech of both the Dutch colonists of America and the Dutch colonists of South Africa (producing vlei).

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