Houston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/
ipa: /ˈhjustən/
ipa: [ˈhj̊uːstɨn]
ipa: [j̊uːstɨn]
ipa: /ˈhaʊstən/
rhymes: -uːstən
Forms: form: Houstons
form: Hoston
form: Houstoun
form: Hughesdon
Etymology: Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
examples: text: Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs. It’s dead grass and midday thunderstorms. It isn’t the beginning or the end of anything, just a prolonged in-between through dead-end traffic on I-45.
ref: 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 254:
text: At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid soaring temperatures.
ref: 2024 May 17, Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser, Joe Sutton, Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, “At least 7 dead after hurricane-force winds pound Houston as power outages persist amid rising temperatures”, in CNN:
text: The family’s ordeal began last month, when they were rushing from Rio Grande City, where they lived, to Houston, where their daughter’s specialist doctors are based, for an emergency medical checkup.
ref: 2025 March 12, Nicole Acevedo, “U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with undocumented parents”, in NBC News:
glosses: A placename:
A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
synonyms: word: Space City
english: official nickname
translation: official nickname
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A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
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A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
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An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
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A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
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A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
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A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
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An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
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An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
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A township in Adams County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
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A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
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A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
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A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
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An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
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An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
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A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
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Ellipsis of Houston County.
examples: text: Houston, we've had a problem here.
glosses: The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
Derived terms: Houston County
Houstonian
Houston, we have a problem
Related terms: Hoston
Huston