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Deep Ellum

Deep Ellum proper noun: a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, known for its entertainment venues.

Proper noun

Deep Ellum

  1. A neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, known for its entertainment venues.
    • If you go down to Deep Elem put your money in your shoes / The women in Deep Elem they give you the Deep Elem blues1981, “Deep Elem Blues”, performed by Grateful Dead

Forms of Deep Ellum

alternative formDeep Elem
alternative formDeep Elm

Origin of Deep Ellum

Respelling of elm (similar to dayum etc.), from its main thoroughfare, Elm Street.

Questions about Deep Ellum

What does Deep Ellum mean?
Deep Ellum means a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, known for its entertainment venues.
What part of speech is Deep Ellum?
Deep Ellum is a proper noun.

Words near Deep Ellum in the dictionary

  1. deep dyspareunia
  2. deep ecologist
  3. deep ecologists
  4. deep ecology
  5. Deep Elem
  6. Deep Ellum
  7. deep embedding
  8. deep embeddings
  9. deep end
  10. deep ends
  11. Deep England

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