Pale

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Contents 1 Color 2 Geography 3 Historical pales 4 River 5 Towns 6 Music 7 Other 8 See also

Pale may refer to:

[edit] Color

• Pale, an adjective meaning of a light shade or hue; approaching white
• Paleness (color), a relative lightness of color
• Pale, a variance of human skin color, especially:
  • Pallor, a symptom of low oxygen content in blood or avoidance of sunlight

[edit] Geography

• Pale, a space or jurisdiction lying within a clear boundary

[edit] Historical pales

• The Pale, or the English Pale, English crown territory in Ireland from the 13th to the 16th centuries
• Pale of Calais, English territory in France, 1360 – 1558
• Pale of Settlement, area of restricted Jewish settlement in the western Russian Empire, 1791 – 1917

[edit] River

• Pale River, Estonia

[edit] Towns

• Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Pale, India
• Palé, a town in Guinea

[edit] Music

• Pale (album), a 1990 release of Toad the Wet Sprocket
• The Pale (band), an Irish band formed in 1990
• The Pale, renamed The Pale Pacific, an American indie rock band

[edit] Other

• Pale (heraldry), a vertical mark running down the center of a flag or shield
• Pale (Greyhawk), the Theocracy of the Pale, a fictional nation in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Greek name for ancient Greek wrestling

[edit] See also

• Pail or bucket

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