Houston
Syllables: Hous·tonUK/ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n//ˈhjustən/
Houston proper noun: a habitational surname. Also the ellipsis of Houston County.
Proper noun
Houston (countable and uncountable, plural Houstons)
- A habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
- A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
- Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs. It’s dead grass and midday thunderstorms. It isn’t the beginning or the end of anything, just a prolonged in-between through dead-end traffic on I-45.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 254
- At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid soaring temperatures.2024 May 17, Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser, Joe Sutton, Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, “At least 7 dead after hurricane-force winds pound Houston as power outages persist amid rising...
- Synonyms:
- Space City
- A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
- A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
- A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
- A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
- A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
- A township in Adams County, Illinois.
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- An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
- A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
- A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
- The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
- [A]ircraft were carefully guided to a precise point in the sky up to 300 miles away by a dedicated ground-based team[.] Houston’s control of the Apollo moon missions was on a vastly greater scale, but parallels are not hard to see.1996, Colin Latham, Ann Stobbs, Radar: A Wartime Miracle, Stroud: Sutton, page 98
- Houston, we've had a problem here.
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Houston is also the ellipsis of Houston County.
Houston meaning in Marathi and Myanmar
Houston in Marathi
- Texan city
- ह्यूस्टन hyūsṭan
Houston in Myanmar
- Texan city
- ဟူစတန် huca.tan
Synonyms of Houston
Forms of Houston
| plural | Houstons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Hoston |
| alternative form | Houstoun |
| alternative form | Hughesdon |
Origin of Houston
Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
Words formed from Houston
Phrases with Houston
Questions about Houston
- What does Houston mean?
- Houston means a habitational surname.
- What is Houston in Marathi?
- Houston in Marathi is ह्यूस्टन (hyūsṭan). See Houston meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Houston?
- Houston is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Houston?
- Houston is pronounced /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Houston (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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