Texas

See also texas

English

Wikipedia

Map of US highlighting Texas

Etymology

From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛksəs
• (US) IPA: /ˈtɛk.səs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪs/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Texas

1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Austin.

Synonyms

• Lone Star State

Derived terms

Terms derived from Texas

Tex Texan Texarkana Texas blind snake Texas cattle fever

Texas fever Texas hold 'em Texas mickey Texas ratio

Texas toast Texhoma Tex-Mex TX

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: تكساس (ar) (taksaas) m
• Armenian: Տեխաս (hy) (Texas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德克薩斯 (cmn), 德克萨斯 (cmn) (Dékèsàsī)

• Czech: Texas (cs) m
• Dutch: Texas (nl) n
• Finnish: Texas (fi), Teksas (fi)
• French: Téxas (fr) m
• German: Texas (de)
• Icelandic: Texas (is) n
• Japanese: テキサス (ja) (Tekisasu), テキサス州 (ja) (Tekisasu-shū)
• Korean: 텍사스 (ko) (Teksaseu)

• Latvian: Teksasas (lv) m
• Macedonian: Тексас (mk) (Téksas) m
• Navajo: Akałii bikéyah, Téʼsiz hahoodzo
• Persian: تگزاس (fa) (Tegzâs)
• Russian: Техас (ru) (Texás) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Те̏ксас (sh) m

  Roman: Tȅksas (sh) m

• Slovene: Téksas (sl) m
• Spanish: Texas (es), Tejas (es) m
• Swedish: Texas (sv) n
• Turkish: Teksas (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Texas

External links

• Texas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Texas on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• Texas on Wikinews. Wikinews

Anagrams

• taxes

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Tejas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈte.has/ (Mexico, Central America)
• IPA: /ˈtek.sas/, /ˈte.has/, /ˈte.χas/ (Spain, rest of Lat. Am.)

Etymology

From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

Proper noun

Texas f

1. Texas

Related terms

• texano
• tejano

See also

• Texas on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia