vale

Etymology 1

From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.

noun

1. (chiefly poetic) A valley.
   In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease, 1767, Walter Harte, “The Vision of Death”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 16, published 1810, page 370
   "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray. 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
   Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above, a. 1854, James Montgomery, “Hymn 214”, in The Issues of Life and Death

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).

intj

1. (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
   Vale, Sarah Smith