Pale

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Pale may refer to:

Regions so named to evoke walling in or out

• Medieval areas of English conquest:
  • The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland
  • Pale of Calais, in France (1360-1558)
• Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (1791-1917)

Geography

• Pale River, Estonia
• Settled places and governmental subdivisions:

• Africa:
  • Palé, town in Guinea
• Asia (alphabetical by country):

• Burma:
  • Pale, Myanmar, town
  • Pale Township
• India:
  • Pale, Dahanu, village
  • Pale, Goa, census town

• Europe (alphabetical by country):
  • Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town and municipality
  • Pale, historic town in Kefalonia, today part of Lixouri, Greece

• Palé, Hungary, a town
• Pāle parish, Latvia

Art, media, and entertainment

• Titled works:
  • Pale (album), a 1990 release of Toad the Wet Sprocket
  • Pale Rider (1985), an American western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood

• Bands:
  • The Pale (band), an Irish band formed in 1990
  • The Pale, renamed The Pale Pacific, an American indie rock band
• Pale (Greyhawk), the Theocracy of the Pale, a fictional nation in the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game

Other

• Pale (heraldry), a vertical mark running down the center of a flag or shield
• πάλη, pálē, Greek name for ancient Greek wrestling

See also

• Pail, a bucket
• Paleness (disambiguation)