Texas
English
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Etymology
From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
- (locally also) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɛksəs
- Rhymes: -ɛksɪs
- Hyphenation: Tex‧as
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Texas
- A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
- Several places in the United States:
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Marion County, Alabama.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Heard County, Georgia.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Stone County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Henry County, Ohio.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
- University of Texas at Austin.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
- (historical) a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846
Synonyms
- Lone Star State (nickname)
Meronyms
(state)
- Anderson County
- Andrews County
- Angelina County
- Aransas County
- Archer County
- Armstrong County
- Atascosa County
- Austin County
- Bailey County
- Bandera County
- Bastrop County
- Baylor County
- Bee County
- Bell County
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Borden County
- Bosque County
- Bowie County
- Brazoria County
- Brazos County
- Brewster County
- Briscoe County
- Brooks County
- Brown County
- Burleson County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Calhoun County
- Callahan County
- Cameron County
- Camp County
- Carson County
- Cass County
- Castro County
- Chambers County
- Cherokee County
- Childress County
- Clay County
- Cochran County
- Coke County
- Coleman County
- Collin County
- Collingsworth County
- Colorado County
- Comal County
- Comanche County
- Concho County
- Cooke County
- Coryell County
- Cottle County
- Crane County
- Crockett County
- Crosby County
- Culberson County
- Dallam County
- Dallas County
- Dawson County
- Deaf Smith County
- Delta County
- Denton County
- DeWitt County
- Dickens County
- Dimmit County
- Donley County
- Duval County
- Eastland County
- Ector County
- Edwards County
- Ellis County
- El Paso County
- Erath County
- Falls County
- Fannin County
- Fayette County
- Fisher County
- Floyd County
- Foard County
- Fort Bend County
- Franklin County
- Freestone County
- Frio County
- Gaines County
- Galveston County
- Garza County
- Gillespie County
- Glasscock County
- Goliad County
- Gonzales County
- Gray County
- Grayson County
- Gregg County
- Grimes County
- Guadalupe County
- Hale County
- Hall County
- Hamilton County
- Hansford County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Harris County
- Harrison County
- Hartley County
- Haskell County
- Hays County
- Hemphill County
- Henderson County
- Hidalgo County
- Hill County
- Hockley County
- Hood County
- Hopkins County
- Houston County
- Howard County
- Hudspeth County
- Hunt County
- Hutchinson County
- Irion County
- Jack County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jeff Davis County
- Jefferson County
- Jim Hogg County
- Jim Wells County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Karnes County
- Kaufman County
- Kendall County
- Kenedy County
- Kent County
- Kerr County
- Kimble County
- King County
- Kinney County
- Kleberg County
- Knox County
- Lamar County
- Lamb County
- Lampasas County
- La Salle County
- Lavaca County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Liberty County
- Limestone County
- Lipscomb County
- Live Oak County
- Llano County
- Loving County
- Lubbock County
- Lynn County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Martin County
- Mason County
- Matagorda County
- Maverick County
- McCulloch County
- McLennan County
- McMullen County
- Medina County
- Menard County
- Midland County
- Milam County
- Mills County
- Mitchell County
- Montague County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morris County
- Motley County
- Nacogdoches County
- Navarro County
- Newton County
- Nolan County
- Nueces County
- Ochiltree County
- Oldham County
- Orange County
- Palo Pinto County
- Panola County
- Parker County
- Parmer County
- Pecos County
- Polk County
- Potter County
- Presidio County
- Rains County
- Randall County
- Reagan County
- Real County
- Red River County
- Reeves County
- Refugio County
- Roberts County
- Robertson County
- Rockwall County
- Runnels County
- Rusk County
- Sabine County
- San Augustine County
- San Jacinto County
- San Patricio County
- San Saba County
- Schleicher County
- Scurry County
- Shackelford County
- Shelby County
- Sherman County
- Smith County
- Somervell County
- Starr County
- Stephens County
- Sterling County
- Stonewall County
- Sutton County
- Swisher County
- Tarrant County
- Taylor County
- Terrell County
- Terry County
- Throckmorton County
- Titus County
- Tom Green County
- Travis County
- Trinity County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Upton County
- Uvalde County
- Val Verde County
- Van Zandt County
- Victoria County
- Walker County
- Waller County
- Ward County
- Washington County
- Webb County
- Wharton County
- Wheeler County
- Wichita County
- Wilbarger County
- Willacy County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County
- Winkler County
- Wise County
- Wood County
- Yoakum County
- Young County
- Zapata County
- Zavala County
Derived terms
- Teck's Ass
- Tex
- Texan
- Texarkana
- Texas 42
- Texas blind snake
- Texas blues
- Texas cattle fever
- Texas chili
- Texas cichlid
- Texas City
- Texas County
- Texas fever
- Texas garter snake
- Texas heart shot
- Texas hold 'em
- Texasization
- Texasize
- Texas leaguer
- Texas League single
- Texas mickey
- Texas ratio
- Texas rig
- Texas roll
- Texas root rot
- Texass
- Texas sharpshooter fallacy
- Texas-sized
- Texas tea
- Texas toast
- Texas Tommy
- Texas toothpick
- Texas Triangle
- Texas trinity
- Texhoma
- Texian
- Texican
- Tex-Mex
- Texoma
- Texpat
- Texpatriate
- TX
Translations
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See also
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
Texas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Texas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- taxes
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.ses/
Proper noun
Texas ?
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- texà
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Texas
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Czech
Proper noun
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
- Texasan
- texaský
Further reading
- Texas in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Texas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas.
Proper noun
Texas (genitive Texas')
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas or Spanish Texas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɑs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Te‧xas
Proper noun
Texas n
- Texas (a state of the United States; former independent republic; former province of Mexico) [from early 19th c.]
Derived terms
- Texaan
Finnish
Alternative forms
- Teksas
Etymology
From English Texas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteksɑs/, [ˈt̪e̞ks̠ɑs̠]
Noun
Texas
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Declension
Inflection of Texas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Texas | — | |
genitive | Texasin | — | |
partitive | Texasia | — | |
illative | Texasiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Texas | — | |
accusative | nom. | Texas | — |
gen. | Texasin | ||
genitive | Texasin | — | |
partitive | Texasia | — | |
inessive | Texasissa | — | |
elative | Texasista | — | |
illative | Texasiin | — | |
adessive | Texasilla | — | |
ablative | Texasilta | — | |
allative | Texasille | — | |
essive | Texasina | — | |
translative | Texasiksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Texasitta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Texas (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Texasini | Texasimme |
2nd person | Texasisi | Texasinne |
3rd person | Texasinsa |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛk.sas/, /tɛɡ.zas/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- Texien
- texien
German
Etymology
From Spanish Texas, chiefly through English Texas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛksas/
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛksəs/ (unusual)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Texas n (proper noun, genitive Texas' or (with an article) Texas)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
- Texaner
- texanisch
Related terms
- Texasdeutsch
- Texas-Klapperschlange
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sas/
- Rhymes: -ɛksas
- Hyphenation: Tè‧xas
Proper noun
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- texano
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ki.sɐs/, /ˈtɛk.sɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ki.sɐʃ/, /ˈtɛk.sɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sas/, /ˈtɛ.ki.sas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɐʃ/
- Hyphenation: Te‧xas
Proper noun
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- texano
Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas], /ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas/
Proper noun
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- tixanu
Slovak
Proper noun
Texas m (genitive singular Texasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
References
- Texas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Tejas
Etymology
From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtexas/ [ˈt̪e.xas]
- Rhymes: -exas
- IPA(key): /ˈteɡsas/ [ˈt̪eɣ̞.sas] (proscribed but common in South America)
- Rhymes: -eɡsas
- Syllabification: Te‧xas
Proper noun
Texas f
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
- texano, tejano
See also
Texas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Swedish
Proper noun
Texas n (genitive Texas)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
- axets, sexat