What does "texas" mean?

The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.

What is a synonym for "texas"?

Common synonyms include: lone star state, lone star state, region, state, territory, texan.

/ˈtɛk.səs/ name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

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

"I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000."

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.