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ˈdæl əsdal·las

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Dallasnoun

    a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields

Wiktionary

  1. Dallasnoun

    A city in Texas, USA

  2. Dallasnoun

    A placename A large city, the county seat of Dallas County, in northeastern Texas, United States. A city, the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia, United States. A city, the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. A small village in northwestern Moray council area, Scotland.

  3. Dallasnoun

    A surname.

  4. Dallasnoun

    A unisex given name transferred from the place name.

Wikipedia

  1. Dallas

    Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most populous city in the U.S. and the third largest city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed as a product of the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle, and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominence as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it. Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. In addition, Dallas has DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the Metroplex.Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts 23 Fortune 500 companies, the second most in Texas and fourth most in the United States, and 11 of those companies are located within Dallas city limits. Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S. WalletHub named Dallas the fifth most diverse city in the United States in 2018.

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  1. dallas

    Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest city in the United States in terms of population. Dallas is known for its cultural hub, historical significance, and for being a major center for finance, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It is also famously known for its NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.

Wikidata

  1. Dallas

    Dallas is the ninth most populous city in the United States and the third most populous city in the state of Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat. However, slices of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. The city had a population of 1,197,816 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area had a population of 6,645,678 in 2012. The metroplex economy is the sixth largest in the United States, with a 2010 gross metropolitan product of $374 billion. Its 2010 Real GDP amounted to $325 billion. Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South, Dallas is the main core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DALLAS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dallas is ranked #3761 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dallas surname appeared 9,418 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Dallas.

    63.3% or 5,969 total occurrences were White.
    28.1% or 2,650 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 261 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 234 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 224 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.8% or 80 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DALLAS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DALLAS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of DALLAS in a Sentence

  1. Tate Reeves:

    Well, I would tell you that Republican primary voters are going to vote for a conservative, i have a record of returning money back to the taxpayers, of creating jobs, of having the strongest economy in our state's history, of having the lowest unemployment rate in our state's history, of having more people working in our state than any time in our state's history. MISSISSIPPI GOV. TATE REEVES' ECSTATIC' OVER SUPREME COURT ABORTION RULING, SAYS IT'S A' WIN FOR LIFE' Tate Reeves, governor of Mississippi, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, Aug. 5, 2022. ( Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images).

  2. Jerry Rhodes:

    Jerry Rhodes, a 47-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, joined Point 27 after the organization sent 3,500 dog tags to them following a 2016 shooting that killed five police officers. I think the tag gives an officer something to hold on to and look at when times get tough, having and wearing the tag gives the officers a sense of peace and reminds them that someone cares about them. Since 2018, Point 27 has honored every fallen officer killed in the line of duty by offering gifts totheir relatives and their agency. The fallen includeofficers killed by illnesses related to 9/11and, this year, those who died from COVID-19. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The ultimate goal is to equip every law enforcement officer in the country with a gift of the Thin Blue Line Shields of Strength, Army Col. David Dodd said. Point 27 has equipped more than 111,000 officers across the country which is about 10 percent. In the wake of the coronavirus, Point 27 also sent 6,000 dog tags to eight hospitals in New York City engraved with Joshua 1:9, which reads :.

  3. Mike White:

    At the end of the day, this is Daks team and Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach need to make sure that hes ready to go come Week 1, i think( Jon Kitna) does a great job of spending time with me and Coop as well, whether it was extra meeting times on the field after practice, before practice. Hes really dialed in with it all.

  4. James Harden:

    (It's) extremely tough (to) come back home after a tough loss (in Dallas on Wednesday) and just give the game away, we've still got an opportunity, we've just got to win out and have some other teams lose.

  5. Laura Dern:

    Our hearts are broken, dallas Buyers Club.

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