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val

Pronunciation: /vɑːl/

“val” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a whale
  2. a choice
  3. an election
  4. the fallen; casualties of a war or battle

Etymology

From Old Swedish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

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