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texas

Syllables: tex·as/ˈtɛk.səs/UK/ˈtɛk.səs/

texas noun: the topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.

Noun

texas (plural texases)

  1. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
    • 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.1866, New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)
    • Now Will saw lights ahead and they were to the landing where the steamboats lay moored, banking the river front solidly as far as the ... whose lights rose tier upon tier from main deck to the cupola-like pilot houses atop the texases.1991, Norman A. Fox, The Rawhide Years

Proper noun capitalized: Texas

Texas

  1. A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
    • The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17
    • Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months.2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business
  2. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  3. A hamlet in Oswego County, New York.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama.
  5. An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
  6. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi.
  8. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Ohio.
  9. An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
  10. A number of townships, listed under Texas Township.
  11. A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town.
  12. A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality.
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  1. The University of Texas at Austin.
  2. (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
  3. (historical) A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846.
  4. A surname.

texas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

texas in Hindi

टेक्सास, टेक्सस

texas in Tamil

டெக்சாஸ், டெக்ஸாஸ்

texas in Marathi

टेक्सास, टेक्सासचा

texas in Urdu

ٹیکساس, ٹیکسس
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texas in Bengali
টেক্সাস
texas in Telugu
టెక్సాస్, టెక్సస్
texas in Malayalam
ടെക്സസ്, ടെക്സാസ്
texas in Kannada
ಟೆಕ್ಸಾಸ್, ಟೆಕ್ಸಸ್, ಟೆಕ್ಸಾಸ್ನ
texas in Punjabi
ਟੈਕਸਸ ṭaiksas
texas in Gujarati
ટેક્સાસ
texas in Odia
ଟେକ୍ସାସ, ଟେକ୍ସାସ୍
texas in Nepali
टेक्सास, टेक्सस

Synonyms of texas

Forms of texas

pluraltexases

Origin of texas

From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.

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

Words formed from texas

Phrases with texas

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Words that rhyme with texas

Questions about texas

What does texas mean?
Texas means the topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
What is texas in Hindi?
Texas in Hindi is टेक्सास, टेक्सस. See Texas meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is texas?
Texas can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce texas?
Texas is pronounced /ˈtɛk.səs/.
What is the plural of texas?
The plural of texas is texases.

Words near texas in the dictionary

  1. Texaplex
  2. Texarkana
  3. Texarkanan
  4. Texarkanans
  5. Texarkanian
  6. texas
  7. Texas 42
  8. Texas almond cherry
  9. Texas bankroll
  10. Texas bankrolls
  11. Texas bed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: texas (page history and authors); Texas (page history and authors); texas (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); texas (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਟੈਕਸਸ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); texas (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); texas (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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