Word
dallas
Phoneticsdal·las
/ˈdæɫəs/
Definitions
01the city in Texas
n. a large, famous city in the state of Texas in the United States.
n. a major city in the state of Texas, serving as a significant commercial and cultural hub in the American South.
“We spent three days in Dallas visiting the museums and the downtown area.”
“The conference was held in Dallas, attracting thousands of professionals to the city's expansive convention centre during the peak of the summer heat.”
02a surname
n. a family name or surname.
n. a surname of Scottish and English origin, occasionally associated with specific historical figures or families.
“The author of the new book is a professor named George Dallas.”
“The historical records indicate that the Dallas family held significant land in the region during the nineteenth century.”
03a male first name
n. a first name for a man or boy.
n. a masculine given name, originally transferred from the surname or the place name.
“Dallas and his brother are coming over for dinner tonight.”
“Dallas was named after his grandfather, following a long-standing tradition within his family to reuse ancestral names.”
Etymology
# 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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.