Blithedale

English

Etymology

A placename meaning "happy valley", from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”) + Old English dæl (“dale”). Note the anachronistic sense of blithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaɪθdeɪl/

Proper noun

Blithedale

1. Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
2. A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel, The Blithedale Romance, by American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Alternative forms

• Blythedale