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Alice city (1990 pop. 19,788), seat of Jim Wells co., S Tex.; inc. 1910. Long a cow town at a railroad junction, Alice remains a cattle-shipping center. Oil and natural gas are also important to its economy. Manufactures include office equipment and fishing tools. Nearby are a wildlife refuge, the great King Ranch , and several Gulf Coast resorts.

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Alice ♀ (French) .

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Alice, Eastern Cape/South Africa Named in 1847 after Princess Alice (1843–78), the second daughter of Queen Victoria^†.

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