English

Map of US highlighting Texas

Proper noun

Texas

1. A state in the south central part of the United States of America. Capital: Austin.
2. A female given name

Synonyms

• Lone Star State

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Texas

Anagrams

• taxes

Catalan

Proper noun

Texas ?

1. Texas

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Texas.

Proper noun

Texas ‎(genitive Texas')

1. Texas

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛksɐs/

Proper noun

Texas m

1. Texas (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• texano

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Tejas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Texas f

1. Texas

Related terms

• texano
• tejano

See also

• Texas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

Noun

texas ‎(plural texases)

1. the topmost cabin deck on a steamboat

   1866: New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)

   She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers.

Anagrams

• taxes

Ido

Verb

texas

1. present of texar

Latin

Verb

texās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of texō

Norwegian

Adjective

1. (slang) crazy, wild.

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase "det var helt texas", meaning "it was totally/absolutely/completely crazy/wild".^[1]

1. ↑ Solomon, David (2015-10-20), “Y'all, Norwegians Use the Word 'Texas' as Slang to Mean 'Crazy'”, in Texas Monthly