Dallas.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Ouray County, Colorado.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former city, now part of Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Polk County, Oregon.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota, named after Dallas, Texas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein, in Barron County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Dallas Township.
A placename: A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
A placename: A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).
A placename: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the place name.
Where this word comes from
# 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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