texas

[tek-suh s]

noun U.S. Nautical.

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

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

Texas

[tek-suh s]

noun

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

Related formsTex·an, Tex·i·an

[tek-see-uh n] /ˈtɛk si ən/, adjective, noun

Can be confusedTexan Tucson Tuscan

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Examples from the Web for texas

Contemporary Examples of texas

This is not making the 228,000 residents of Irving, Texas feel very relaxed.
26 Earthquakes Later, Fracking’s Smoking Gun Is in Texas
James Joiner
January 7, 2015
This “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.
Will Texas Stay Texan?
David Fontana
December 29, 2014
Texas has also started to become an engine of economic growth.
Will Texas Stay Texan?
David Fontana
December 29, 2014
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
Will Texas Stay Texan?
David Fontana
December 29, 2014
Parker tells of a new Texas struggling to deal with inequality.
Will Texas Stay Texan?
David Fontana
December 29, 2014

Historical Examples of texas

Edward guessed, by his mother's face, that she did not wish he was in Texas.
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
Pansy
Texas, as somber as a spade flush, draws Boggs into a corner.
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis
For reasons onknown, but s'fficient, thar's Texas manooverin' to plug him.
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis
Texas, feelin' like the common eye is on him, commences to grow restless.
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis
Shore; he's jest showin' off at that, an' tryin' to impress Texas.
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for texas

Texas

noun

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)Abbreviation: Tex, (with zip code) TX

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Word Origin and History for texas

Texas

Mexican province, briefly an independent nation and now a U.S. state, from Spanish Texas, Tejas, earlier pronounced "ta-shas," originally an ethnic name, from Caddo (eastern Texas Indian tribe) taysha "friends, allies," written by the Spanish as a plural. Baseball Texas-leaguer is recorded from 1905.

texas in Culture

Texas

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.

Note

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

Note

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

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