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Dallas

Pronunciation: /ˈdæləs/

The English word “Dallas” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas.
  2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
  3. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Dallas Township.
  4. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).

Etymology

# 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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