Dallas

See also: dallas and dállas

English

Dallas, the village in Scotland.
Dallas, the city in Texas, USA.

Etymology

  1. 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.
  2. The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (meadow, haugh) + gwas (abode).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæləs/

Proper noun

Dallas

  1. A placename
    1. A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas, United States.
    2. A city, the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia, United States.
    3. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States.
    4. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland.
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name transferred from the place name.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames (1991)

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Esperanto

Proper noun

Dallas

  1. Dallas (a city in Texas)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dallas f

  1. Dallas (a city in Texas, United States)
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