Dallas

Dal·las
D2A1L1L1A1S1
/ˈdæləs/

proper noun

A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A placename:
    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, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025
    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.
    13. A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
    14. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1252).
    15. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
  2. A surname.
  3. 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

Origin

# 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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Translations

Arabic دَالَاس
  • دَالَاس (dalās)city in Texas
Bulgarian Да́лас
  • Да́лас (Dálas)city in Texas
Chinese Mandarin 达拉斯, 達拉斯 /达拉斯
  • 达拉斯 (Dálāsī)male given name
  • 達拉斯 /达拉斯 (Dálāsī)city in Texas
Esperanto Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas
Finnish Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas
German Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas
Greek Ντάλλας
  • Ντάλλας (Ntállas)city in Texas
Hebrew דאלאס
  • דאלאס (dalas)city in Texas
Japanese ダラス
  • ダラス (Darasu)city in Texas
Korean 달라스
  • 달라스 (Dallaseu)city in Texas
Latin Dallāsium
  • Dallāsiumcity in Texas
Lithuanian Dalasas
  • Dalasascity in Texas
Polish Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas
Portuguese Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas
Russian Да́ллас, Да́ллас
  • Да́ллас (Dállas)male given name
  • Да́ллас (Dállas)city in Texas
Turkish Dallas
  • Dallascity in Texas

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Dallas

Pallascallouscallusphallusthallus
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Cite this entry
APA

Dallas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dallas

MLA

“Dallas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dallas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dallas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dallas.

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