Houston

English

Etymology

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuː.stɨn/, [ˈhj̊uːstɨn], [j̊uːstɨn]

• Audio (US):

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• (county in Georgia, street in Manhatten, sometimes the surname): IPA^(key): /ˈha͡ʊstən/.

Proper noun

Houston

1. A habitational surname
2. A city in Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston. It is the county seat of Harris County.
3. A city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri, United States.
4. Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
6. The NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1973.

   1970: Houston, we've had a problem here.

Derived terms

• Houston County
• Houstonian

Translations

Texan city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侯斯頓／侯斯顿 (Hóusīdùn), 侯斯顿 (Hóusīdùn), 休士頓／休士顿 (zh) (Xiūshìdùn), 休士顿 (zh) (Xiūshìdùn), 休斯敦 (zh) (Xiūsīdūn)

• Galician: Houston m
• Georgian: ჰიუსტონი (hiusṭoni)
• German: Houston (de)
• Greek: Χιούστον (el) (Chioúston)
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• Japanese: ヒューストン (Hyūsuton)
• Korean: 휴스턴 (Hyuseuteon)
• Portuguese: Houston f
• Russian: Хью́стон (ru) (Xʹjúston)
• Spanish: Houston (es)
• Turkish: Houston

Derived terms

• Houston, we have a problem

Anagrams

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