Texarkana

[tek-sahr-kan-uh]

noun

1. a city in northeastern Texas, contiguous to but politically independent of Texarkana, Arkansas.

2. a city in southwestern Arkansas, contiguous to but politically independent of Texarkana, Texas.

3. a bi-state region comprising the twin cities of Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Arkansas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Texarkana¹

First recorded in 1830–40; Tex(as) ( def. ) + Ark(ansas) ( def. ) + (Louisi)ana ( def. )

Example Sentences

I had heard of Johnny Cash in the same way I’d heard of Baked Alaska, roller derby and Texarkana—things that existed that were important to people in worlds different from mine.

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Rufus Parnell Jones was born Aug. 12, 1933, in Texarkana, Ark., but lived most of his life in the Los Angeles area.

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Jones, a circuit judge from Texarkana, would become the court’s first elected Black justice and Arkansas’ first elected statewide official since Reconstruction if he wins Tuesday’s race.

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After law school, she moved to Texarkana to be a public defender and later opened her own civil rights and criminal defense law firm.

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The deaths between Friday and Sunday included two in Tampa, Florida, three in Texarkana, Texas, and two each in Dodge City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; and Mansfield, Ohio, according to police.

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