Texas
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
- (locally also) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɛksəs, -ɛksɪs, -ɛksɪz
- Hyphenation: Tex‧as
Audio (US) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Texas
- A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
- Several places in the United States:
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
- University of Texas at Austin.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
- (historical) a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846
SynonymsEdit
- Lone Star State (nickname)
MeronymsEdit
(state)
- Anderson County
- Andrews County
- Angelina County
- Aransas County
- Archer County
- Armstrong County
- Atascosa County
- Austin County
- Bailey County
- Bandera County
- Bastrop County
- Baylor County
- Bee County
- Bell County
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Borden County
- Bosque County
- Bowie County
- Brazoria County
- Brazos County
- Brewster County
- Briscoe County
- Brooks County
- Brown County
- Burleson County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Calhoun County
- Callahan County
- Cameron County
- Camp County
- Carson County
- Cass County
- Castro County
- Chambers County
- Cherokee County
- Childress County
- Clay County
- Cochran County
- Coke County
- Coleman County
- Collin County
- Collingsworth County
- Colorado County
- Comal County
- Comanche County
- Concho County
- Cooke County
- Coryell County
- Cottle County
- Crane County
- Crockett County
- Crosby County
- Culberson County
- Dallam County
- Dallas County
- Dawson County
- Deaf Smith County
- Delta County
- Denton County
- DeWitt County
- Dickens County
- Dimmit County
- Donley County
- Duval County
- Eastland County
- Ector County
- Edwards County
- Ellis County
- El Paso County
- Erath County
- Falls County
- Fannin County
- Fayette County
- Fisher County
- Floyd County
- Foard County
- Fort Bend County
- Franklin County
- Freestone County
- Frio County
- Gaines County
- Galveston County
- Garza County
- Gillespie County
- Glasscock County
- Goliad County
- Gonzales County
- Gray County
- Grayson County
- Gregg County
- Grimes County
- Guadalupe County
- Hale County
- Hall County
- Hamilton County
- Hansford County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Harris County
- Harrison County
- Hartley County
- Haskell County
- Hays County
- Hemphill County
- Henderson County
- Hidalgo County
- Hill County
- Hockley County
- Hood County
- Hopkins County
- Houston County
- Howard County
- Hudspeth County
- Hunt County
- Hutchinson County
- Irion County
- Jack County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jeff Davis County
- Jefferson County
- Jim Hogg County
- Jim Wells County
- Johnson County
- Jones County
- Karnes County
- Kaufman County
- Kendall County
- Kenedy County
- Kent County
- Kerr County
- Kimble County
- King County
- Kinney County
- Kleberg County
- Knox County
- Lamar County
- Lamb County
- Lampasas County
- La Salle County
- Lavaca County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Liberty County
- Limestone County
- Lipscomb County
- Live Oak County
- Llano County
- Loving County
- Lubbock County
- Lynn County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Martin County
- Mason County
- Matagorda County
- Maverick County
- McCulloch County
- McLennan County
- McMullen County
- Medina County
- Menard County
- Midland County
- Milam County
- Mills County
- Mitchell County
- Montague County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morris County
- Motley County
- Nacogdoches County
- Navarro County
- Newton County
- Nolan County
- Nueces County
- Ochiltree County
- Oldham County
- Orange County
- Palo Pinto County
- Panola County
- Parker County
- Parmer County
- Pecos County
- Polk County
- Potter County
- Presidio County
- Rains County
- Randall County
- Reagan County
- Real County
- Red River County
- Reeves County
- Refugio County
- Roberts County
- Robertson County
- Rockwall County
- Runnels County
- Rusk County
- Sabine County
- San Augustine County
- San Jacinto County
- San Patricio County
- San Saba County
- Schleicher County
- Scurry County
- Shackelford County
- Shelby County
- Sherman County
- Smith County
- Somervell County
- Starr County
- Stephens County
- Sterling County
- Stonewall County
- Sutton County
- Swisher County
- Tarrant County
- Taylor County
- Terrell County
- Terry County
- Throckmorton County
- Titus County
- Tom Green County
- Travis County
- Trinity County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Upton County
- Uvalde County
- Val Verde County
- Van Zandt County
- Victoria County
- Walker County
- Waller County
- Ward County
- Washington County
- Webb County
- Wharton County
- Wheeler County
- Wichita County
- Wilbarger County
- Willacy County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County
- Winkler County
- Wise County
- Wood County
- Yoakum County
- Young County
- Zapata County
- Zavala County
Derived termsEdit
- Teck's Ass
- Tex
- Tex-Mex
- Texan
- Texarkana
- Texas-sized
- Texas 42
- Texas blind snake
- Texas blues
- Texas cattle fever
- Texas chili
- Texas cichlid
- Texas City
- Texas County
- Texas deathmatch
- Texas fever
- Texas garter snake
- Texas heart shot
- Texas hold 'em
- Texasization
- Texasize
- Texas leaguer
- Texas League single
- Texas mickey
- Texas ratio
- Texas rig
- Texas roll
- Texas root rot
- Texass
- Texas sharpshooter fallacy
- Texas tea
- Texas toast
- Texas Tommy
- Texas toothpick
- Texas Triangle
- Texas trinity
- Texhoma
- Texian
- Texican
- Texoma
- Texpat
- Texpatriate
- TX
TranslationsEdit
a state of the United States of America
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See alsoEdit
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further readingEdit
Texas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Texas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas ?
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas
- Texas (a state of the United States)
CzechEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas m inan (related adjective texaský, demonym Texasan, female demonym Texasanka)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas (genitive Texas')
- Texas (a state of the United States)
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Texas or Spanish Texas.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas n
- Texas (a state of the United States; former independent republic; former province of Mexico) [from early 19th c.]
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Texas
- Texas (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Texas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Texas | — | ||
| genitive | Texasin | — | ||
| partitive | Texasia | — | ||
| illative | Texasiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Texas | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Texas | — | |
| gen. | Texasin | |||
| genitive | Texasin | — | ||
| partitive | Texasia | — | ||
| inessive | Texasissa | — | ||
| elative | Texasista | — | ||
| illative | Texasiin | — | ||
| adessive | Texasilla | — | ||
| ablative | Texasilta | — | ||
| allative | Texasille | — | ||
| essive | Texasina | — | ||
| translative | Texasiksi | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Texasitta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish Texas, chiefly through English Texas.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas n (proper noun, genitive Texas' or (with an article) Texas)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: Te‧xas
Proper nounEdit
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
SicilianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas m
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
SlovakEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas m inan (genitive singular Texasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Texas (a state of the United States)
ReferencesEdit
- Texas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈtexas/ [ˈt̪e.xas]
- Rhymes: -exas
- IPA(key): /ˈteɡsas/ [ˈt̪eɣ̞.sas] (proscribed but common in South America)
- Rhymes: -eɡsas
- Syllabification: Te‧xas
Proper nounEdit
Texas f
- Texas (a state of the United States)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- Texas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Texas n (genitive Texas)
- Texas (a state of the United States)