Texarkana

[ tek-sahr-kan-uh ]

/ ˌtɛk sɑrˈkæn ə /

Save This Word!

noun

a city in NE Texas.

a city in SW Arkansas: contiguous with but politically independent of Texarkana, Texas.

Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, considered as a unit.

QUIZ

CUDDLE UP! A COZY QUIZ ON FALL WORDS HAS ARRIVED

If autumn is your ideal season, spice up your repertoire of "fall" vocabulary with this quiz on some warm and vivid descriptive words for the season.

Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to make a crackling sound; crackle”?

Meet Grammar Coach

Words nearby Texarkana

In Texarkana, a city split by the Texas-Arkansas border, the Arkansas side had a vaccine mandate and fared far better than the Texas side, which had no mandate.
Vaccines Mandates Work, But They’re Messy|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 8, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Senate leader Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, who is a rental property owner himself, acknowledged last year that he used to invoke the criminal statute against tenants but told ProPublica he no longer does.
There’s Only One State Where Falling Behind on Rent Could Mean Jail Time. That Could Change.|by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani, ProPublica, and Benjamin Hardy, Arkansas Nonprofit News Network|March 19, 2021|ProPublica
Notwithstanding it was nearly midnight when the presidential train reached Texarkana, about 2,000 citizens were present.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison|Benjamin Harrison
They turned eastward and passed over Texarkana, and thence south to impress the people of Shreveport.
In the Clutch of the War-God|Milo Hastings

My oldest sister washed and ironed for Mrs. Buchannan till she moved from the sawmill to Texarkana.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
I need a rest, and I can save up until I get enough to pay my fare to Texarkana, where my widowed mother lives.
Options|O. Henry
One time in the Texarkana battle I was behind some pine trees and the bullets cut the limbs down all over me.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma|Various