Etymology: Afrikaans, literally, fallow, from Middle Dutch vale; akin to Old High German falo pale, fallow — more at fallow
: rhebok
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/vahl/, n.
a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 mi. (1125 km) long.
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[väl]a river in South Africa, the chief tributary of the Orange River, that rises in the Drakensberg Mountains and flows 750 miles (1,200 km) southwest to the Orange River near Douglas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.