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Audio Help [tek-suhs] Pronunciation Key [Origin: 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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| a state in the S United States. 14,228,383; 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code). |
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n. A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters. [After Texas (from the fact that steamboat cabins were named after states and the officers' quarters were the largest).] |
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A state of the south-central United States. It was admitted as the 28th state in 1845. Explored by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, the region became a province of Mexico in the early 19th century. Texans won their independence in 1836 after a gallant but losing stand at the Alamo in February and a defeat of Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21). Denied admission as a state by antislavery forces in the U.S. Congress, the leaders of Texas formed an independent republic that lasted until 1845. Austin is the capital and Houston the largest city. Population: 23,500,000. Tex'an adj. & n. |
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Texas
Mexican province, briefly an independent nation and now a U.S. state, from Sp. Texas, earlier pronounced "ta-shas," originally an ethnic name, from Caddo (eastern Texas Indian tribe) taysha "friends, allies." Tex as a nickname for a Texan is recorded from 1909. Tex-Mex "of Mexican-Texan origin" is recorded from 1949, from Texan + Mexican. An earlier noun for "Texan of Mexican background" was Texican (1863). Baseball Texas-leaguer is recorded from 1905.
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| the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
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Texas
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.
Note: One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.
Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Note: Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.
[Chapter:] American Geography
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Texas City, TX (city, FIPS 72392) Location: 29.40937 N, 94.95802 W
Population (1990): 40822 (16676 housing units)
Area: 160.9 sq km (land), 42.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 77590, 77591
Texas County, MO (county, FIPS 215) Location: 37.31694 N, 91.96412 W
Population (1990): 21476 (9525 housing units)
Area: 3052.7 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
Texas County, OK (county, FIPS 139) Location: 36.75190 N, 101.48353 W
Population (1990): 16419 (7328 housing units)
Area: 5276.6 sq km (land), 30.2 sq km (water)
East Texas Cente, TX Zip code(s): 75708
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Texas
Tex"as\, n. A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U. S.] --Knight.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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