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texas definition

texas (tek′səs)

noun

a structure on the hurricane deck of a steamboat, containing the officers' quarters, etc. and having the pilothouse on top or in front

Etymology: name given to officers' quarters on Mississippi steamboats because they were the largest cabins

Texas definition

Texas (tek′səs)

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 Tex

Etymology: Sp Texas, earlier pronounced (tā·s̸häs), orig. an ethnic name < Caddo tayša, friends, allies

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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