Dallas (disambiguation)
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Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Dallas may also refer to:
Canada
United Kingdom
USA
Dallas may also refer to:
- Dallas (TV series)Dallas (TV series)Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, a U.S. prime-time soap opera - Dallas (2012 TV series), the planned revival of the above series due in summer of 2012
Places
Australia- Dallas, VictoriaDallas, VictoriaDallas is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Dallas had a population of 5,847....
, a suburb near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Canada
- Dallas, KamloopsDallas, Kamloops-Name origin:It was named for Alexander Grant Dallas, also the namesake of Dallas Road in Victoria, British Columbia, who was the son-in-law of Governor James Douglas and agent for the Hudson's Bay Company in colonial British Columbia and Vancouver Island, serving also as Chief Factor of Fort Garry...
, a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, named for Alexander Grant Dallas - Dallas Road, an important thoroughfare in the James Bay-Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Victoria, British ColumbiaVictoria, British ColumbiaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, named for Alexander Grant Dallas
United Kingdom
- Dallas, MorayDallas, MorayDallas is a small rural village in Moray, Scotland, south west of Elgin.It has a population of between 150 and 200. Although not well known, many larger settlements around the world are named after it...
, Scotland (from which all uses ultimately derive)
USA
- Dallas, ColoradoDallas, ColoradoDallas was a town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay about 3 miles north of the present town of Ridgway at the confluence of Dallas Creek and the Uncompahgre River...
- Dallas, Iowa
- Dallas, GeorgiaDallas, GeorgiaDallas is a city in and the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 11,544. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.-History:...
- Dallas, North CarolinaDallas, North CarolinaDallas is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina and a suburb of both Charlotte and Gastonia. The population was 3,402 at the 2000 census. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.-Geography:...
- Dallas, OregonDallas, OregonThe city of Dallas is the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 14,583 at the 2010 census.Dallas is located on Rickreall Creek, approximately 15 miles west of Salem, at an altitude of 325 feet above sea level...
- Dallas, PennsylvaniaDallas, PennsylvaniaDallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census. It was created by a charter granted April 21, 1879 from land entirely within Dallas Township. The township had been formed in 1817 and was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th...
- Dallas, South DakotaDallas, South DakotaDallas is a town in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 120 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Dallas is located at ....
- Dallas, TexasDallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
- Dallas, West VirginiaDallas, West VirginiaDallas is an unincorporated community in northeastern Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the city of Moundsville, the county seat of Marshall County, and almost in Pennsylvania. Its elevation is 1,388 feet...
- Dallas, WisconsinDallas, WisconsinDallas is a village in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 356 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Dallas.-Geography:Dallas is located at ....
, a village within the town of Dallas, Wisconsin - Dallas (town), WisconsinDallas (town), WisconsinDallas is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 604. The Village of Dallas is within the town.-Geography:...
- Marble Hill, MissouriMarble Hill, MissouriMarble Hill is a fourth-class city in central Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. Located at the intersection of State Highway 34 and State Highway 51, it is the largest city in Bollinger and serves as the county seat . The population was 1,502 at the 2000 census...
or Dallas
Naval vessels
- USS Dallas (SSN-700)USS Dallas (SSN-700)USS Dallas is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. It is the Navy's second ship of that name, and the first to be named for the city of Dallas, Texas, although another two ships were scheduled but never completed.-Career:The contract to build Dallas was...
, a U.S. Navy Los Angeles class attack submarine - USS Dallas (DD-199)USS Dallas (DD-199)USS Dallas was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Captain Alexander J. Dallas, and was later renamed Alexander Dallas....
, an American destroyer, named for Alexander J. Dallas - USRC Dallas, the name of more than one ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service
- USCGC DallasUSCGC DallasDallas has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard, and may refer to:*USRC Dallas , a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1816 to 1821...
, the name of more than one one ship of the United States Coast Guard
Other uses
- Dallas (name)Dallas (name)Dallas is a surname of Scottish and English origin. When of Scottish origin the name is a habitational name, derived from Dallas near Forres. This place-name is likely derived from the British dol "meadow" + gwas "dwelling" . This name also appears in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland...
, a given name and surname - Dallas (Alien), the captain of the Nostromo in the movie Alien
- "Dallas" (song)Dallas (song)"Dallas" is the title of a song written by American country music artists Alan Jackson and Keith Stegall, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in December 1991 as the third single from Jackson's second album, Don't Rock the Jukebox, the song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country...
, a country music song by Alan Jackson - Big D (song)Big D (song)"Big D" is a song about Dallas, Texas written by Frank Loesser in 1956 for the musical The Most Happy Fella. It repeatedly spells out the name of Dallas with the refrain: Big D, little A, double L, A, S....
with the refrain Big D, little A, double L, A, S, from the musical The Most Happy Fella - Dallas (film)Dallas (film)Dallas is a 1950 American Western film starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Payton and Raymond Massey....
, a 1950 Warner Brothers Western - Dallas (2009 film), film featuring Katie CassidyKatie CassidyKatherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy is an American actress who has performed in The CW TV series Melrose Place, Supernatural, Harper's Island, and Gossip Girl, and on the films When a Stranger Calls, Black Christmas, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Taken, Monte Carlo, and has roles in the upcoming...
- Dallas SemiconductorDallas SemiconductorDallas Semiconductor, now a subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products, designs and manufactures analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductors...
, now a subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products - 8084 Dallas8084 Dallas8084 Dallas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1989 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory.-External links:...
, an asteroid - Dallas (jeep)Dallas (jeep)The Dallas Jeep was a Dallas car model designed by Jean-Claude Hrubon.The Jeep Dallas was built on a Renault 4 chassis, shortened by 47 cm and equipped with the engine of the Renault 4 GTL, a 1106 cc 34ch. Its body was designed in the spirit of the Willys MB U.S. military, called "Jeep", with...
, a French car made from 1980s to 1998 - Dallas RecordsDallas RecordsDallas Records is a Croatian record label. It was established in 1987, and is owned and run by Goran Lisica - Fox, a music producer and manager who started his career in the 1970s as a music journalist....
See also
- Dallas Plantation, Maine, USA
- Fort DallasFort DallasFort Dallas is a urban park in the Lummus Park Historic District of Miami, Florida, just west of Downtown. It once acted as a military base during the Seminole Wars, located on the banks of the Miami River in what is now Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States....
near Miami, Florida, USA - Melcher-Dallas, IowaMelcher-Dallas, IowaMelcher-Dallas is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,298 at the 2000 census.Melcher and Dallas were separate cities until they merged into one city in 1986.-History:...
, formed from merger the cities of Dallas and Melcher in 1986 - Dallas key, one of Dallas Semiconductor's products
- DellysDellysDellys is a small coastal town in northern Algeria, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou. It is notable for an Ottoman-era casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses , and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming. In Roman times, it was...
, Algeria - Dallas DivideDallas DivideDallas Divide is a high mountain pass in the United States state of Colorado located on State Highway 62 about west of the town of Ridgway....
, a high mountain pass in Colorado, USA - Dallas County (disambiguation), USA
- Dallas Township (disambiguation), USA
- Dallastown, PennsylvaniaDallastown, PennsylvaniaDallastown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,049 at the 2010 census.-History:Dallastown was named after George M. Dallas of Philadelphia during the presidential campaign of 1844...
, USA