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texas 1 American [tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

U.S. Nautical.

1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.

2. texas deck.

Texas 2 American [tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

1. a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Austin. TX (for use with zip code), Tex.

Texas British / ˈtɛksəs /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Tex. TX. a state of the southwestern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: the second largest state; part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836, when it was declared an independent republic; joined the US in 1845; consists chiefly of a plain, with a wide flat coastal belt rising up to the semiarid Sacramento and Davis Mountains of the southwest; a major producer of cotton, rice, and livestock; the chief US producer of oil and gas; a leading world supplier of sulphur. Capital: Austin. Pop: 22 118 509 (2003 est). Area: 678 927 sq km (262 134 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Texas Cultural

1. State in the southwestern United States bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital is Austin, and its largest city is Houston.

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One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

Other Word Forms

• Texan adjective
• Texian adjective

Etymology

Origin of texas

1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states

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Bhatia, who shared third last week at Phoenix, seeks a third career PGA title after wins at the 2023 Barracuda Championship and 2024 Texas Open.

From Barron's

Alberta, known as the Texas of Canada, is roughly the same size as the Lone Star State, borders Montana and features rich prairieland along with Rocky Mountain skiing at Banff.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Austin, Texas, this January, rents were 6.3% lower than the same month a year ago — the sharpest decline among the top 50 metro areas in America.

From MarketWatch

It was that final requirement that Delka, a native Texas, was seeking to fulfill when she moved to the island.

From Los Angeles Times

A pole vaulter and cheerleader at the University of North Texas, Delka was introduced to skeleton by Johnny Quinn, a fellow North Texas alum who competed in the bobsled.

From Los Angeles Times

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