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Dallas

Syllables: Dal·las/ˈdæləs/

Dallas proper noun: a large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.

dallas: a large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas
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Proper noun

Dallas

  1. A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
    • The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business
  2. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas.
  3. A ghost town in Ouray County, Colorado.
  4. A city, the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia.
  5. A former city, now part of Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa.
  6. A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
  7. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Oregon.
  8. A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  9. A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota, named after Dallas, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
  11. A town and village therein, in Barron County, Wisconsin.
  12. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Dallas Township.
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  1. A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).
  3. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A surname.
  5. A male given name transferred from the place name.
    • The men, 37-year-old Matthew Allison and 34-year-old Dallas Humber, are the leaders of an online White supremacist group called the Terrorgram Collective, prosecutors say.2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN

Dallas meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Arabic and Myanmar

Dallas in Marathi

city in Texas
डॅलस ḍĕlas
male given name
डॅलस ḍĕlas

Dallas in Telugu

city in Texas
డల్లాసు ḍallāsu, డల్లాసుపురం ḍallāsupuraṁ

Dallas in Arabic

city in Texas
دَالَاس dalās

Dallas in Myanmar

city in Texas
ဒါးလတ်စ် da:latc

Origin of Dallas

# 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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Questions about Dallas

What does Dallas mean?
Dallas means a large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
What is Dallas in Marathi?
Dallas in Marathi is डॅलस (ḍĕlas). See Dallas meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Dallas?
Dallas is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dallas?
Dallas is pronounced /ˈdæləs/.

Words near Dallas in the dictionary

  1. Dallaire
  2. Dallaires
  3. Dallam
  4. Dallam County
  5. Dallara
  6. Dallas
  7. Dallas City
  8. Dallas County
  9. Dallasite
  10. Dallasites
  11. dalles

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