Texas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.səs/
note: locally also
ipa: /ˈtɛk.sɪs/
note: locally also
ipa: /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
homophone: texas
rhymes: -ɛksəs
rhymes: -ɛksɪs
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Senses: examples: text: The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]
ref: 2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17:
text: Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months.
ref: 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
glosses: A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: The University of Texas at Austin.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
glosses: A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846.
Synonyms: english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Lone Star State
Meronyms: 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 terms: word: Teck's Ass
word: Tex
word: Texan
word: Texarkana
word: Texas 42
word: Texas bankroll
word: Texas blind snake
taxonomic: Lupinus texensis
word: Texas bluebonnet
word: Texas blues
word: Texas cattle fever
word: Texas caviar
word: Texas chicken
word: Texas chili
word: Texas cichlid
word: Texas City
word: Texas County
word: Texas crabapple
word: Texas deathmatch
word: Texas Deathmatch
word: Texas ebony
word: Texas fever
word: Texas garter snake
word: Texas gate
word: Texas heart shot
word: Texas hold 'em
taxonomic: Castilleja indivisa
word: Texas Indian paintbrush
word: Texasization
word: Texasize
word: Texas justice
word: Texas leaguer
word: Texas League single
word: Texas lined snake
word: Texas mickey
taxonomic: Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
word: Texas mountain laurel
word: Texas ratio
word: Texas rig
word: Texas roll
word: Texas root rot
word: Texass
word: Texas sacahuiste
word: Texas sharpshooter fallacy
word: Texas-sized
word: Texas sparrow
word: Texas spiny lizard
word: Texas strip
word: Texas tea
word: Texas toast
word: Texas Tommy
word: Texas toothpick
word: Texas tower
word: Texas Triangle
word: Texas trinity
word: Texas two-step
word: Texas umbrella tree
taxonomic: Verbena halei
word: Texas vervain
word: Texas wedge
taxonomic: Zizania texana
word: Texas wild rice
word: Texhoma
word: Texian
word: Texican
word: Tex-Mex
word: Texoma
word: Texpat
word: Texpatriate
word: TX
word: West Texas Intermediate