halle

1. 1.

   a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries

   SynonymsHalle-an-der-Saale

   Broadercity

   Part ofGermanyHanseatic League

Other forms of halle

plural

halles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about halle

What does halle mean?

halle means "a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries".

How many syllables are in halle?

halle has 1 syllable: halle. In IPA it is /ˈhæl/.

What is another word for halle?

Close synonyms include Halle-an-der-Saale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is halle a common word?

halle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.