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- [tek-suh s]
- /ˈtɛk səs/
- /ˈteksəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tek-suh s]
- /ˈtɛk səs/
Definitions of texas word
- noun texas a state in the S United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code). 1
- noun texas US state 1
- noun texas 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) 0
- noun texas state of the SW U.S., on the Gulf of Mexico & the Mexican border: admitted, 1845; 261,797 sq mi (678,052 sq km); pop. 20,852,000; cap. Austin 0
- noun texas a structure on the hurricane deck of a steamboat, containing the officers' quarters, etc. and having the pilothouse on top or in front 0
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Origin of texas
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
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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texas popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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