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Webster 1913 Edition


Texas

Tex′as

,
Noun.
A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers’ cabins, etc.
[Western U. S.]
Knight.

Definition 2024


Texas

Texas

See also: texas and Texas'

English

Map of US highlighting Texas

Proper noun

Texas

  1. A state in the south central part of the United States of America. Capital: Austin.
  2. A female given name

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Texas

Anagrams


Catalan

Proper noun

Texas ?

  1. Texas

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Texas.

Proper noun

Texas (genitive Texas')

  1. Texas

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛksɐs/

Proper noun

Texas m

  1. Texas (a state of the United States)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.has/ (Mexico, Central America)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtek.sas/, /ˈte.has/, /ˈte.χas/ (Spain, rest of Lat. Am.)

Proper noun

Texas f

  1. Texas

Related terms

See also

texas

texas

See also: Texas and Texas'

English

Noun

texas (plural texases)

  1. the topmost cabin deck on a steamboat
    1866: New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)
    She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers.

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Ido

Verb

texas

  1. present of texar

Latin

Verb

texās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of texō

Norwegian

Adjective

  1. (slang) crazy, wild.

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase "det var helt texas", meaning "it was totally/absolutely/completely crazy/wild".[1]

  1. Solomon, David (2015-10-20), “Y'all, Norwegians Use the Word 'Texas' as Slang to Mean 'Crazy'”, in Texas Monthly