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Texas in British English
(ˈtɛksəs)
noun
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)
Abbreviation: Tex. or (with zip code) TXTexas in American English
(ˈtɛksəs)
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
abbrev. TX or TexWord origin
Sp Texas, earlier pronounced (teʹshäs), orig. an ethnic name < Caddo tayša, friends, alliestexas in American English
(ˈtɛksəs)
noun US
a structure on the hurricane deck of a steamboat, containing the officers' quarters, etc. and having the pilothouse on top or in front
Word origin
name given to officers' quarters on Mississippi steamboats because they were the largestcabinsImage ofTexas
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