Davis

plural Davises

1. countableuncountableA surname.

   The use of “Eye of the Tiger” at a rally for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has Survivor’s Jim Peterik “risin’ up to the challenge” – and threatening action.

   2015 September 9, Todd Leopold, “Band unhappy with use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ for Kim Davis”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 May 2023

   1. countableuncountableA Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Davies.
   2. countableuncountableAn Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Ó Damháin, Ó Daimhín (whence Devine).
   3. countableuncountableAn Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Mac Dáibhidh (whence McDavid).
2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; named for politician Thomas Osborne Davis.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Yolo County, California; named for agriculturalist Jerome C. Davis.

      Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.

      2024 May 17, Orko Manna, “Toll lane project on Interstate 80 between West Sacramento and Davis gets green light”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 22 May 2024

   3. countableuncountableA village in Rock Run Township, Stephenson County, Illinois; named for founder S. J. Davis.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
   5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Carteret County, North Carolina.
   6. countableuncountableA city in Garvin County and Murray County, Oklahoma; named for early settler Samuel H. Davis.
   7. countableuncountableA small town in Turner County, South Dakota; named for an early settler.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Tucker County, West Virginia; named for senator Henry Gassaway Davis, or his family.
   10. countableuncountableA number of townships, listed under Davis Township.
   11. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Davis Station; a research station in Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica.

       The average high December temperature at Davis, Australia’s southernmost Antarctic scientific research station, is 2.4 degrees Celsius, or 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

       2013 December 2, “Copter crashes during Antarctica science mission; 3 injured”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2013

4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of University of California, Davis.