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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæləs/
• Rhymes: -æləs

Proper noun

Dallas

1. A placename:
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.
      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.
   2. A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
   3. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).
   4. A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
2. A surname.
3. A male given name transferred from the place name.

Derived terms

• Dallas City
• Dallas County
• Dallasite (“native from Dallas”) (colloquial)
• East Dallas
• Melcher-Dallas

Translations

city in Texas

• Arabic: دَالَاس m (dalās)
• Burmese: ဒါးလတ်စ် (da:latc)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達拉斯／达拉斯 (zh) (Dálāsī)

• Esperanto: Dallas
• Finnish: Dallas (fi)
• Galician: Dallas (gl)
• Georgian: დალასი (dalasi)
• German: Dallas (de)
• Greek: Ντάλλας (el) (Ntállas)
• Hebrew: דאלאס (dalas)
• Japanese: ダラス (Darasu)
• Korean: 달라스 (Dallaseu)
• Latin: Dallāsium
• Lithuanian: Dalasas m
• Marathi: डॅलस (ḍĕlas)
• Portuguese: Dallas f
• Russian: Да́ллас (ru) m (Dállas)
• Turkish: Dallas

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 达拉斯 (zh) (Dálāsī)

• Marathi: डॅलस m (ḍĕlas)
• Russian: Да́ллас (ru) m (Dállas)

References

• A Dictionary of English Surnames (1991)

Anagrams

• Dalals, dalals, sallad

Esperanto

Proper noun

Dallas

1. Dallas (a city in Texas)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈda.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.lɐʃ/

Proper noun

Dallas f

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