Texas Meaning
/ˈtɛk.səs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
nameA state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
Sentence Examples
Texas borders on Mexico.
I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.
Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The city of Houston is the largest city in the state of ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The state of ____ is famous for its large size, its many oil fields, and its unique and vibrant culture today.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]"
— 2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17:
"Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months."
— 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business:
"Now Will saw lights ahead and they were to the landing where the steamboats lay moored, banking the river front solidly as far as the ... whose lights rose tier upon tier from main deck to the cupola-like pilot houses atop the texases."
— 1991, Norman A. Fox, The Rawhide Years:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city of Houston is the largest city in the state of ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The state of ____ is famous for its large size, its many oil fields, and its unique and vibrant culture today.