Houston

American  

[hyoo-stuhn] / ˈhyu stən /

noun

1. Sam(uel), 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.

2. a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico.

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Houston British  

/ ˈhjuːstən /

noun

1. an inland port in SE Texas, linked by the Houston Ship Canal to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: capital of the Republic of Texas (1837–39; 1842–45); site of the Manned Spacecraft Center (1964). Pop: 2 009 690 (2003 est)

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Houston Cultural  

1. Largest city in Texas.

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A center of the oil industry and the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Example Sentences

Not only that, coach Javier Aguirre then picked him in the team to start the final that Mexico won by beating Mauricio Pochettino's United States 2-1 in Houston.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Menefee’s meteoric rise in Houston began in 2020.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Three of the 16 venues to be used this summer — in Atlanta, Houston and Arlington, Texas — are domed and climate-controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

He pointed to an at-bat in the first inning of Misiorowski’s recent start against the Houston Astros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In the spring of 1925, when White was still based in Houston, Hoover expressed outrage to him that several agents in the San Francisco field office were drinking liquor.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann