Langdale

English

Etymology

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

Proper noun

Langdale (countable and uncountable, plural Langdales)

1. A surname.
   • 1943 September and October, “Top Link Drivers”, in Railway Magazine, page 293:

     Driver Langdale entered the service of the L.N.W.R. as an engine cleaner at Camden on April 25, 1898, at the age of 17, and has been stationed in the London area ever since.

2. A community on the Sunshine Coast, southern British Columbia, Canada.
3. A former village in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, now absorbed into the city of Valley.

Related terms

• Great Langdale
• Little Langdale

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Langdale is the 32960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 695 individuals. Langdale is most common among White (97.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Langlade