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Hous·ton  (hystn)
A city of southeast Texas northwest of Galveston. Founded in 1836 and named for Sam Houston, it is a major industrial, commercial, and financial hub, the center of the U.S. aerospace industry, and a deep-water port connected with Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico by the Houston Ship Channel. Houston is also the largest city in Texas. Population: 2,000,000.
Hous·toni·an (hy-stn-n) n.
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Noun1.Houston - the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
2.HoustonHouston - United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
Sam Houston, Samuel Houston
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BEING A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND FORMER MEMBER OF the United Methodist Church, I grew up watching the powerful impact Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell made, especially the phenomenal increase and growth of his congregation.
Great leadership all around by Fulbright, Michelle D. / Black Enterprise
Karen Stokes, a native Houstonian and director of Travesty Dance Group, has made a collection of short works about her beloved hometown called Hometown.
Preview: Travesty Dance Group by Wozny, Nancy / Dance Magazine
Kathem conveyed his gratitude to those who helped him to an Associated Press reporter through an Arabic-speaking translator: "I am very grateful to everybody, to the American troops back in Iraq, to all Houstonians, and I'm very grateful to the doctors who did the surgery.
Soldiers with heart by Mass, Warren / The New American
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