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Dallas

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A large city in Texas, also a surname, given name, and the name of a small village in Scotland from which the surname originates.
"They flew into Dallas for a business conference."
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Etymology

The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president under Polk; the family surname traces to a Scottish place name from Pictish, meaning roughly "meadow dwelling."

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