vly
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vly¹
- /vlaɪ/ US
Where it comes from
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).
noun vlies
- A small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.
vly²
noun vlies
- Alternative form of vlei.vlei
