Dallas
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Etymology edit
- The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house.
- The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).
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Dallas
- A placename:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Ouray County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia.
- A former city, now part of Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa.
- A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Polk County, Oregon.
- A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota, named after Dallas, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
- A town and village therein, in Barron County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Dallas Township.
- A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
- A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).
- A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the place name.
Derived terms edit
- Dallas City
- Dallas County
- Dallasite (“native from Dallas”) (colloquial)
- East Dallas
- Melcher-Dallas
Translations edit
city in Texas
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male given name
References edit
- A Dictionary of English Surnames (1991)
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Dallas
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Dallas f
- Dallas (a city in Texas, United States)