Valhalla
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Valhalla
- /vælˈhælə/ UK
- /vælˈhælə/ Canada, US
- /vɑlˈhɑlə/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ælə, -ɑːlə
Where it comes from
From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll (from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”)).
proper noun Valhall
- The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir. [S]uch souls as were detruded from the body by any violent method went strait to Valhalla. (Latin original: Nostratibus sane hoc erat infallibiliter persuasum, animas, non vulgares, neque senio morbove, sec cruenta morte & vi corporibus exeuntes, recta ad Vahlallam ferri)
- A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States. Investigators are not sure why the woman’s Mercedes SUV stopped on the tracks Tuesday night in Valhalla, about 30 miles north of New York City, National Transportation Safety Board Member Robert Sumwalt said Wednesday.
noun Valhallas · Valhall
- An abode of the gods or afterlife in general. “The swans are singing again,” said to one another the gods. And looking downwards, for my dreams had taken me to some fair and far Valhalla, I saw below me an iridescent bubble not greatly larger than a star shine beautifully but faintly, and up and up from it looking larger and larger came a flock
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name in Norse mythology, the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle
| Español | Valhalla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왈홀 Walhol, 발할라 Balhalla |
| 日本語 | ヴァルハラ Varuhara |
| 中文 | 瓦爾哈拉 /瓦尔哈拉 Wǎ'ěrhālā |
| Português | Valhalla, Valhala, Walhala |
| Français | Walhalla, walhalla, Valhalla, valhalla, Valhalle |
| Deutsch | Walhall, Walhalla |
| Italiano | Walhalla, Valalla, Valhalla |
| Ελληνικά | Βαλχάλλα Valchálla |
| Română | walhalla, valhalla |
| Русский | Валга́лла Valgálla, Вальха́лла Valʹxálla, Вальга́лла Valʹgálla |
| العربية | فَالْهُول fālhūl, فَالْهَالَا fālhālā |
| עברית | וָלְהַאלַה Valhalá |
Talk about this word "Valhalla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/valhalla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Valhalla. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/valhalla "Valhalla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/valhalla.Cite this
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title = {Valhalla},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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