Houston
English edit
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Etymology edit
Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjustən/, [ˈhj̊uːstɨn], [j̊uːstɨn]
Audio (GA) (file) - (county in Georgia, street in Manhattan, sometimes the surname): IPA(key): /ˈhaʊstən/
- Rhymes: -uːstən
- Hyphenation: Hous‧ton
Proper noun edit
Houston (countable and uncountable, plural Houstons)
- A habitational surname.
- A placename:
- A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
- Synonym: (official nickname) Space City
- A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
- A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
- Other places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
- A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
- A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
- A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
- A Warner Robins community in Houston County, Georgia.
- A township in Adams County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
- A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
- A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
- Ellipsis of Houston County.
- A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
- JSC, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1973.
- Houston, we've had a problem here.
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Texan city
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Houston.
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Proper noun edit
Houston n (proper noun, genitive Houstons or (optionally with an article) Houston)
- Houston (a city in Texas, United States)
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Houston m