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Texas¹
- /ˈtɛk.səs/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈtɛk.sɪs/
- /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
- /ˈtek.səs/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like texas · Rhymes with -ɛksəs, -ɛksɪs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
proper noun
- 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 […]
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships, listed under Texas Township.
- A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town.
- A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality.
- The University of Texas at Austin.
- A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
- A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846.
- A surname.
Similar: Lone Star State
texas²
- /ˈtɛk.səs/
- /ˈtɛk.sɪs/
- /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
Sounds like Texas · Rhymes with -ɛksəs, -ɛksɪs
Where it comes from
From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.
noun texases
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lone-star state, arlington, texan, tex, coahuila, senator, austin, texaco, tx, lonestar, tejas, houston, texarkana, alabama, brenham, georgia
proper noun
Similar: Lone Star State
Translations
Every language
name a state of the United States of America
| Español | Texas (Teshas), Tejas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텍사스 Teksaseu |
| 日本語 | テキサス Tekisasu, テキサス州 Tekisasu shū |
| 中文 | 德克薩斯 /德克萨斯 Dékèsàsī |
| हिन्दी | टेक्सास ṭeksās, टेक्सस ṭeksas |
| Português | Texas |
| Français | Texas |
| Deutsch | Texas |
| Italiano | Texas |
| Ελληνικά | Τέξας Téxas |
| Română | Texas |
| Русский | Теха́с Texás |
| Tiếng Việt | Tếch-dớt, Tếch-xát, Tếch-dát |
| العربية | تَكْسَاس taksās, تِكْسَاس tiksās |
| עברית | טֶקְסַס téksas |
Talk about this word "texas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/texas. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. texas. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/texas "texas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/texas.Cite this
@misc{texas_2026,
title = {texas},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/texas},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
