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Davis city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. of California at Davis, which has a major agricultural research center as well as schools of law, medicine, and engineering and the Mondavi performing arts center, is there. The National Primate Center and a university of Native American and Chicano cultures are also in Davis.

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Davis

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Davis ♂ Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a patronymic from the given name Davy. Use as a given name is often in honour of Jefferson Davis (1808–89), President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.

Variant: Davies.

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