Halle

American  

[hal-ee, hah-luh] / ˈhæl i, ˈhɑ lə /

noun

1. Morris, 1923–2018, U.S. linguist, born in Latvia.

2. Official Name Halle an der Saale.  a city in Germany, NW of Leipzig.

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Hallé ¹ British  

/ ˈhæleɪ /

noun

1. Sir Charles , original name Karl Hallé . 1819–95, German conductor and pianist, in Britain from 1848. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester

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Halle ² British  

/ ˈhalə /

noun

1. Official name: Halle an der Saale.  a city in E central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, on the River Saale: early saltworks; a Hanseatic city in the late Middle Ages; university (1694). Pop: 240 119 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

In 2018, Periotrap Pharmaceuticals GmbH was established in Halle to turn this discovery into practical oral care solutions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

As he accepted the Oscar, his first, Jordan attributed his win to the “people who came before me” and listed celebrated Black actors — “giants,” “greats” — including Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"Government expenditure on consumption is rising much more sharply than investment," economist Oliver Holtemoeller of the Halle Institute for Economic Research said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Take Halle Berry, one of the more famous examples of the post-Oscar slump, winning best actress in 2001 for “Monster’s Ball” before starring in the critically reviled bomb that was 2004’s standalone “Catwoman” film.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Cantor was in and out of mental institutions for the remainder of his life, and he died in the mental hospital at Halle in 1918.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife