Etymology

The Dalles

Today it means: A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States. Full definition →

French dalles
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  1. French · derived fromdalles
  2. English todayThe Dalles

From dalles (“steep-sided part of a stream channel”), from French dalles, plural of dalle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.