Dacia

Dacia, the land of the ancient Daci or Getse, including the country between the Danube, the Theiss, the Carpathians, and the Pruth.

Daer Water

Daer Water. See Clyde.

Daghestan

Daghestan ('mountain-land'), a triangular territory of Ciscaucasia, between the Caucasus and the west coast of the Caspian Sea. Area, 11,425 sq. m.; pop. 589,705.

Dago

Dago, an island near the entrance of the Gulf of Finland, forming part of the Russian government of Esthonia. Area, 367 sq. m.; pop. 15,000.

Dagupan

Dagupan, an important commercial town of Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the Lingayen Gulf, connected with Manila by rail. Pop. 20,500.

Dahlak

Dahlak, three islands, with many smaller rocks, in the Red Sea, off Massowah.

Dahlia

Dahlia. See Arabia.

Dahra

Dahra, a district of Algeria, to the east of Mostaganem, and near the coast.

Dailly

Dailly, an Ayrshire village, on Girvan Water, 2 miles SSW. of Maybole. Pop. 506.

Daimiel

Daimiel, a town of Spain, 28 miles ENE. of Ciudad Real by rail. Pop. 12,000.

Dakar

Dakar, a seaport with a magnificent harbour in French Senegal, opposite the island of Goree (q.v.), capital of the settlement, and terminus of the railway towards Timbuctoo. Pop. 2000.

Dakota

Dakota. See North and South Dakota.

Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie, a Kirkcudbrightshire town, near Urr Water, 15 miles SW. of Dumfries. Founded in 1780, it owed its importance to the neighbouring Craignair granite quarries (now largely exhausted). Pop.(1841) 1430; (1901) 3469.

Dalecarlia

Dalecarlia, or Dalarne, an old province of central Sweden, now the county of Kopparberg.

Dalgety

Dalgety, in 1904 chosen to be Federal Capital of the Australian Commonwealth, is in the SE. corner of New South Wales, 296 miles SW. of Sydney.

Dalhousie Castle

Dalhousie Castle, the seat of the Earl of Dal-housie, in Midlothian, on the South Esk, 2 1/4 miles S. by W. of Dalkeith.

Dalias

Dalias, a Spanish mining town, 18 miles WSW. of Almeria. Pop. 6294.

Dalkeith

Dalkeith, a town of Midlothian, 6 miles SE. of Edinburgh, on a tongue of land between the North and South Esks. There is a large corn exchange (1855); of nearly a dozen places of worship the only old one is the parish church, collegiate once, of which Norman Macleod was minister. Dalkeith Palace, a seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, is a Grecian edifice, built in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh for Monmouth's widowed duchess. Professor Tait was born here. Pop. (1841) 4831; (1901) 6812.

Dalkey

Dalkey (Dal-kee'), a delightfully situated coast-town, 8 miles SE. of Dublin. Pop. 3397.

Dallas

Dallas, capital of Dallas county, Texas, on Trinity River, 265 miles NNW. of Houston. A flourishing place, it has flour-mills and grain-elevators, foundries, and manufactures of woollens, soap, etc. Pop. (1880) 10,358; (1900) 42,640.

Dalles

Dalles. See Columbia River.

Dalmahoy

Dalmahoy, the Earl of Morton's Midlothian seat, 1 1/2 mile S. by E. of Ratho. Near it are the Dalmahoy Crags (680 feet).