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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A growing number of cities and counties, including Austin, have canceled their Flock contracts in the face of residents’ privacy concerns.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
On 1 March 2023, for example, a Lufthansa flight from Austin, Texas to Frankfurt encountered what the airline described as "brief but severe" turbulence.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The electric vehicle company deployed its first Cybercabs in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night, prompting federal regulators to investigate whether the vehicle was properly certified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tesla operates robotaxi services in Austin, Houston and Dallas, as well as in three Florida cities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Harold Puthoff, the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austin, Texas, believes that a quantum sail would simply alter the properties of the vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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