Texas

See also: texas and Texas'

English
Map of US highlighting Texas

Etymology

From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
  • (locally also) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksəs
  • Rhymes: -ɛksɪs
  • Hyphenation: Tex‧as
  • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun

Texas

  1. A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
  2. Several places in the United States:
    1. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
    2. A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
    3. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
    4. An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
    5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
    6. An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
    7. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
    8. An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
  3. A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
  4. University of Texas at Austin.
  5. (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
  6. (historical) a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846

Synonyms

Meronyms

(state)

Derived terms

Translations
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See also
Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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 reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Texas ?

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Texas

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Czech

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Texas in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Texas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas.

Proper noun

Texas (genitive Texas')

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas or Spanish Texas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɑs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Te‧xas

Proper noun

Texas n

  1. Texas (a state of the United States; former independent republic; former province of Mexico) [from early 19th c.]

Derived terms

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Texas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈteksɑs/, [ˈt̪e̞ks̠ɑs̠]

Noun

Texas

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Declension
Inflection of Texas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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 — —
Possessive forms of Texas (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Texasini Texasimme
2nd person Texasisi Texasinne
3rd person Texasinsa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛk.sas/, /tɛɡ.zas/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

German

Etymology

From Spanish Texas, chiefly through English Texas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛksas/
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛksəs/ (unusual)
    • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Texas n (proper noun, genitive Texas' or (with an article) Texas)

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sas/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksas
  • Hyphenation: Tè‧xas

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ki.sɐs/, /ˈtɛk.sɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ki.sɐʃ/, /ˈtɛk.sɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sas/, /ˈtɛ.ki.sas/

  • Hyphenation: Te‧xas

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas], /ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas/

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Slovak

Proper noun

Texas m (genitive singular Texasu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

References
  • Texas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtexas/ [ˈt̪e.xas]
    • Rhymes: -exas
  • IPA(key): /ˈteɡsas/ [ˈt̪eɣ̞.sas] (proscribed but common in South America)
    • Rhymes: -eɡsas
    • Syllabification: Te‧xas

Proper noun

Texas f

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Proper noun

Texas n (genitive Texas)

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Anagrams
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