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  texas

  noun

  a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
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  Texas

  noun

  a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Austin. TX (for use with zip code), Tex.

texas

¹ American  

[tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

U.S. Nautical.

1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.

2. texas deck.

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Texas ² American  

[tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

1. a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Austin. TX (for use with zip code), Tex.

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Texas British  

/ ˈtɛksəs /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Tex, TX. a state of the southwestern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: the second largest state; part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836, when it was declared an independent republic; joined the US in 1845; consists chiefly of a plain, with a wide flat coastal belt rising up to the semiarid Sacramento and Davis Mountains of the southwest; a major producer of cotton, rice, and livestock; the chief US producer of oil and gas; a leading world supplier of sulphur. Capital: Austin. Pop: 22 118 509 (2003 est). Area: 678 927 sq km (262 134 sq miles)

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Texas Cultural  

1. State in the southwestern United States bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital is Austin, and its largest city is Houston.

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One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

Other Word Forms

• Texan
  adjective
• Texian
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of texas

1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states

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texas Texas

On Tuesday, the artist attempted to set the record straight over Reddit, posting a picture of herself, captioned: "It's not me, I don't even live in texas."

From Salon ● May 25, 2022

There are hot spots just off of texas island drops.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2020

This includes new work from emerging artists around the country such as Felipe Baeza, texas isaiah, Star Montana and Elliot Reed, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2018

In the current texas case, hospital workers sent samples to the State Health Laboratory in Austin.

From Newsweek

We are gathered in the captain's cabin on the texas and our glasses are filled.

From Kitty's Conquest by Charles King

In today's polarized US politics, Pulido has aimed to bring people together across the aisle for support, sporting a campaign slogan that says: "I'm not team Red or team Blue. South Texas, I'm team You."

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

This summer, more than 102,000 paying customers crammed into Kyle Field at Texas A&M to watch the Bananas’ wholesome blend of athleticism and absurdity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"We feel incredibly fortunate to be building simulations like Lumina," said Aaron Smith, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Texas at Dallas and an author on the paper.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

He says she earns 30 cents an hour at the federal prison in Texas where she’s serving her sentence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Once upon a time, he’d been Sidney Maurice Levyson, a pharmacist from Texas.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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