Austin

American  

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

1. Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.

2. John, 1790–1859, English writer on law.

3. John Langshaw 1911–60, British philosopher.

4. Mary (Hunter), 1868–1934, U.S. novelist, playwright, and short-story writer.

5. Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American colonizer in Texas.

6. Warren Robinson, 1877–1962, U.S. diplomat.

7. Saint Augustine.

8. a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River.

9. a city in southeastern Minnesota.

10. a first name, form of Augustus.

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Austin ¹ British  

/ ˈɒstɪn /

noun

1. a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)

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Austin ² British  

/ ˈɒstɪn /

adjective

1. another word for Augustinian

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Austin ³ British  

/ ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔː- /

noun

1. Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company

2. John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system

3. 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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Austin Cultural  

1. Capital of Texas.

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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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Austin

She conducted the study with Marissa Burgermaster, PhD, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

That’s invaluable when you’re going with Doncic and Austin Reaves on the perimeter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The company claims it will eventually produce 1 million robots annually at the factory in Fremont, California and 10 million annually in Austin, Texas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Hunt and partner Van Hoisington run a firm in Austin that does one thing: It buys long-dated U.S. government bonds when it believes inflation is headed down, and sits on its hands when it doesn’t.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Austin taught Fuller to take on the upper class in the black community with the same zeal and uncompromising spirit that he used in confronting the white power structure.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson