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Pale

Pale may refer to:

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

Geography

Pale, a space or jurisdiction lying within a clear boundary

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

River

Pale River, Estonia

Towns

Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pale, India

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

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

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Pale" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Italian, Dutch.

Translation in Croatian: Pale (razdvojba).


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