Death Valley

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Death Valley

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Commonly connected to the Death Valley '49ers, a group of prospectors on the way to Gold Country, see quotations.

proper noun

  1. A valley in eastern California, remarkable for being the lowest-elevated place in North America, and the hottest place on Earth during summer. Just as we were ready to leave and return to camp we took off our hats, and then overlooking the scene of so much trial, suffering and death spoke the thought uppermost saying:—“Good bye Death Valley!” then faced away and made our steps toward camp. Even after this in speaking of this long and narro
  2. A national park in California and Nevada that includes said valley. Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128F (53.3C) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.
  3. broadly A nickname for Memorial Stadium, a football stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
  4. broadly A nickname for Tiger Stadium, a football stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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name valley in California and Nevada

EspañolValle de la Muerte
FrançaisVallée de la mort
ItalianoValle della Morte
РусскийДоли́на Сме́рти Dolína Smérti

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"Death Valley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/death%20valley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{death_valley_2026,
  title = {Death Valley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death%20valley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}