Austin
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Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
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John, 1790–1859, English writer on law.
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John Langshaw 1911–60, British philosopher.
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Mary (Hunter), 1868–1934, U.S. novelist, playwright, and short-story writer.
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Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American colonizer in Texas.
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Warren Robinson, 1877–1962, U.S. diplomat.
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a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River.
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a city in southeastern Minnesota.
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a first name, form of Augustus.
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Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company
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John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system
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J ( ohn ) L ( angshaw ) (ˈlæŋʃɔː). 1911–60, English philosopher, whose lectures Sense and Sensibilia and How to do Things with Words were published posthumously in 1962
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Location of the University of Texas.
Etymology
Origin of Austin
C14: shortened form of Augustine
Example Sentences
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The season premiere opened Saturday with Ramy Youssef reprising his role as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, delivering an update on the nor’easter battering the East Coast before James Austin Johnson’s Trump arrived unexpectedly.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The WSJ’s Isabella Simonetti writes that Amazon, already one of the world’s biggest robot makers, last month announced plans to construct another robotics hub in Austin, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“And there were three fundamental pillars of what we wanted to accomplish in the offseason: We wanted to retain Austin Reaves. That was a really big thing for us,” Pelinka said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A few hours after Juarez’s death, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was driving around Austin for DoorDash.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
I had a seat at the table at Sidley & Austin.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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