Tex·as (t k s s) Abbr. TX or Tex. 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: 23,900,000. Tex an adj. & n. |
| tex·as (tkss) 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).] |
Texas [ˈtɛksəs]
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(Placename) 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.: 20 851 820 (2000). Area: 678 927 sq. km (262 134 sq. miles) Abbreviations Tex (with zip code), TX
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| Noun | 1. |  Texas - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of MexicoChisholm Trail - a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s southwestern United States, Southwest - the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado Big Bend - a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande Big Bend National Park - a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife Guadalupe Mountains National Park - a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Abilene - a city in central Texas Amarillo - a city in the northern panhandle of Texas Arlington - a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth Austin, capital of Texas - state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas Beaumont - a city of southeastern Texas near Houston Brownsville - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships Bryan - a town of east central Texas Corpus Christi - a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico Dallas - a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields Del Rio - a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio El Paso - a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez Fort Worth - a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center Galveston - a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island Galveston Island - an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay Garland - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) Houston - the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Laredo - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Lubbock - a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo Lufkin - a town in eastern Texas McAllen - a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Midland - a town in west central Texas Odessa - a city in western Texas Paris - a town in northeastern Texas Plano - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) San Angelo - a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town San Antonio - a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers Sherman - a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border Texarkana - a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas Tyler - a town in northeast Texas Victoria - a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio Waco - a city in east central Texas Wichita Falls - a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border Chihuahuan Desert - a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Brazos, Brazos River - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico Canadian River, Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma |
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