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Dallas

American  
[dal-uhs] / ˈdæl əs /

noun

  1. George Mifflin 1792–1864, U.S. diplomat: vice-president of the U.S. 1845–49.

  2. a city in NE Texas.


Dallas British  
/ ˈdæləs /

noun

  1. a city in NE Texas, on the Trinity River: scene of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1963). Pop: 1 208 318 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dallas Cultural  
  1. Large industrial and commercial city in northeastern Texas.


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Bell said she obsessed over the cowboy hats on display at the Dallas airport, while Sato “felt the quintessential ‘America’—the kind you see in movies—wherever I went.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Daiki Kaneko had only 24 hours before his World Cup journey took him to Dallas, where his home country’s squad will take on Sweden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

“The cleaning, I don’t do as much as I should, I’ll be honest,” said Jonathan, a business consultant who handles media for a church in Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The Group L game in Dallas was Tuchel's first as a World Cup manager but he revealed the occasion, particularly the emotion of the national anthems, was spoiled.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

In Selma, black war veterans joined the all-black Dallas County Voters League, which introduced a literacy program and urged blacks to register as voters.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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