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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''holw'', ''holh'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''holh'' hole, hollow
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an unfilled [[space]] : cavity, hole
*2: a depressed or low part of a [[surface]]; especially : a small [[valley]] or basin
==Description==
'''Hollow''' is a term [[meaning]] a small vee-shaped riverine type of [[valley]] with moderately sloped sides pitched more gently than and both broader and larger than a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine ravine]. The term is used primarily within and in the states bordering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia Appalachia] (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains Appalachian Mountains], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England New England] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi Mississippi]) where some local glaciation has broadened ravines into a wider form. Frequently pronounced "Holler" in the central and southern Appalachia states.
[[Category: Earth Science]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''holw'', ''holh'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''holh'' hole, hollow
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an unfilled [[space]] : cavity, hole
*2: a depressed or low part of a [[surface]]; especially : a small [[valley]] or basin
==Description==
'''Hollow''' is a term [[meaning]] a small vee-shaped riverine type of [[valley]] with moderately sloped sides pitched more gently than and both broader and larger than a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine ravine]. The term is used primarily within and in the states bordering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia Appalachia] (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains Appalachian Mountains], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England New England] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi Mississippi]) where some local glaciation has broadened ravines into a wider form. Frequently pronounced "Holler" in the central and southern Appalachia states.
[[Category: Earth Science]]
