What does "texas" mean?
The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
Texas
/ˈtɛk.səs/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
- Grammar: texas is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: lone star state, lone star state, region, state.
- Useful contrasts: foreign country, nonstate entity, nontexan.
- Usage evidence: I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
"She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers."
Proper Noun
- 1 A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
"The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]"
- 2 Several places in the United States:; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- 3 Several places in the United States:; A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
- 4 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
- 5 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
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- 6 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
- 7 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
- 8 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
- 9 Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- 10 A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town.
- 11 A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality.
- 12 The University of Texas at Austin.
- 13 A unisex given name transferred from the place name. rare
- 14 A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846. historical
Synonyms
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Example
"I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "texas"?
Common synonyms include: lone star state, lone star state, region, state, territory, texan.
How do you use "texas" in a sentence?
I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.
How do you pronounce "texas"?
Pronounced /ˈtɛk.səs/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Etymology 2
From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.