Dal‧las /ˈdæləs/

1. a city in Texas in the US. It is a centre for business and industry and is especially famous for its rich oil businesses. It is also remembered as the place where John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963.

2. a soap opera that was originally shown on US television and then became very popular in many parts of the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Its main characters were a rich and powerful family called the Ewings, who owned an oil company. ⇒ JR

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