Vly.

Geography & Places abbreviation · Geographic Feature

Vly.
Stands forValley
CategoriesGeography & Places

Vly. stands for Valley, a geographic feature abbreviation.

Shortens Valley in place names and on maps, as in Death Vly. or Napa Vly.; USPS uses VLY for the street suffix.

Example: Temperatures in Death Vly. topped 120 degrees for a week.

Usage notes

Valley names are common in California and the Southwest. Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably measured air temperature, 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913, although some climatologists question the reading.

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