Texas

//ˈtɛk.səs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Several places in the United States:; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  3. 3
    Several places in the United States:; A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
  4. 4
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
  5. 5
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
  3. 8
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
  4. 9
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
  5. 10
    A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town.
  6. 11
    A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality.
  7. 12
    The University of Texas at Austin.
  8. 13
    A unisex given name transferred from the place name. rare
  9. 14
    A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846. historical
Noun
  1. 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."

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.

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