Dawson

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David +‎ -son.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːsən/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑsən/
• Rhymes: -ɔːsən

Dawson (countable and uncountable, plural Dawsons)

1. (countable) A patrilineal surname.
2. A placename
   1. A locale in Australia
      1. A rural locality in South Australia.
      2. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria.
   2. A locale in Canada
      1. A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario.
      2. A creek in the Peace River region, British Columbia.

         Synonym: Dawson Creek

   3. A locale in the United States.
      1. A small unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
      2. A city, the county seat of Terrell County, Georgia, United States.
      3. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
      4. A city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
      5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
      6. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States.
      7. A small city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
      8. A village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States.
      9. A ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
      10. A tiny city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States.
      11. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Ohio, United States.
      12. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States.
      13. A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
      14. A town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.
      15. A neighborhood of Austin, Texas, United States.
      16. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
   4. Ellipsis of Dawson City.
   5. Ellipsis of Dawson County.
   6. Ellipsis of Dawson Creek.

• Translingual: dawsoni, dawsonii, Dawsonia

• Sandow, Sawdon