Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A state of the south-central United States. It was admitted as the 28th state in 1845. Explored by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, the region became a province of Mexico in the early 19th century. Texans won their independence in 1836 after a gallant but losing stand at the Alamo in February and a defeat of Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21). Denied admission as a state by antislavery forces in the U.S. Congress, the leaders of Texas formed an independent republic that lasted until 1845. Austin is the capital and Houston the largest city. Population: 23,900,000.
Wiktionary
- n. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Austin.
Etymologies
- From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ ("friend, ally"), used to refer to the Caddo nation. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Cops issue warnings over backyard beer machine | khou.com | khou.com Texas News: FORT WORTH, Texas�— A house on Berry Street has a reputation.”
“JOHN WHITMIRE, TEXAS STATE SENATOR (D): I was notified yesterday morning by law enforcement officials, but I consider going to Conroad, Texas, where he's being held and have a dialogue with Comeaux.”
“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Bush Sucks but Texas Blues Kicks Ass'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'George W. Bush et al will all rot in hell for ravaging Texas\' environment and beating out Mississippi for "dead last" in Education.”
“MARLEIGH MEISNER, TEXAS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES: We are hoping to be able to begin immediately assessing their therapeutic needs, their medical needs, and we want to make absolutely certain that those needs are met and we think the best place to do that is in San Angelo, Texas.”
“GREGG ABBOTT, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: It's our belief that these children who were under the age of 17 have engaged in sex with older men, which is a violation of Texas law, which is also a potential violation of the bigamy laws.”
“KATHY HEIGLER, TEXAS REPUBLICAN DELEGATION: Right, I helped him when he was running for governor in Texas.”
“JAMES PATTERSON, TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER: Under Texas law, if the beach naturally grows in front of your house, you gain title to that land.”
“GREG ABBOTT, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: The state of Texas situation would never have occurred had we had in place the kind of law enforcement ideas that are being talked about today.”
“GREG ABBOTT, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: It's our belief that these children who were under the age of 17 have engaged in sex with older men, which is a violation of Texas law, which is also a potential violation of the bigamy laws.”
“Therefore later movies like FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN (1997), THE FACULTY (1998) and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2005), which truck a bunch of Hollywood players into Texas, don't really do it for me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Texas’.
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US - realia
Words and expressions, people and cultural realia that foreigners associate with the United States
entrepreneurship, can-do-attitude, down-to-earth app..., multicultural soc..., melting pot, cast in the same ..., self-made man, rugged individualism, gap between rich ..., make money, people from all w..., giant with feet o... and 80 more...
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Don't Mess With Texas
texas, Texas, Tex, Tejas, Dallas, that's right, you..., Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Barbara Jordan, Houston, El Paso, San Angelo and 83 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Fifty States Project
States in the U.S. for which there are associated lists on Wordnik. Someday I hope all fifty states will be listed here--if they're not already. (Inspired by Sufjan Stevens, who has his own Fifty S...
Utah, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Minnesota, Colorado and 19 more...
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50 States of the Day
Texas, Florida, Alabama, New York, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and 37 more...
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OM1 Lesson 11
Texas, precisely, down, knew, northern, southern, eastern, western, New Mexico, Montana, get away, whole and 10 more...
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Names of U.S. States which appear on ...
"The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar bill depicts the Lincoln Memorial. You may be aware that, engraved on that Memorial are the names of the 48 states in 1922, which was the year the M...
Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and 14 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for Texas.
ruzuzu For names of towns in Wilson County, see this list. Jun 24, 2011
jmjarmstrong JM and a friend want to drive across the southern states of America just to see how long it Texas. Jun 15, 2011