"Dos Passos" suna ne da ya dace kuma yana nufin John Dos Passos, marubucin marubuci Ba'amurke, mawaƙi, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai zane. An fi saninsa da "U.S.A." trilogy, wanda ya hada da litattafan "The 42nd Parallel" (1930), "1919" (1932), da "The Big Money" (1936). Kalmar "Dos Passos" ba ta da takamaiman ma'ana a wajen haɗin gwiwa tare da John Dos Passos.
