Austin

Medieval Anglo-Norman form of the saints' name Augustine, Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus "majestic". The places (and the car make) are named after persons with the surname.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstɪn/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑstɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒstɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɒstɪn
• Homophone: Austen
• Hyphenation: Aus‧tin

Austin

1954 Austin A40 Somerset

1. The capital city of the state of Texas in the United States of America, and the county seat of Travis County.
2. A county in Texas: see Austin County.
3. A city in Minnesota, USA, and the county seat of Mower County.
4. An unincorporated community and CDP in Lander County, Nevada, which was the county seat until 1979.
5. A patronymic surname​.
6. A male given name, in modern usage transferred back from the surname.
   • 1986 Hilary Mantel, Vacant Possession, Harper Perennial (2006), →ISBN, page 15:

     'He says the business with Austin doing take-and-drive-away, it's a deep compulsion he has, a compulsion to find out his real identity by sampling and testing out various machines.'

     'You mean it's the vicar's fault for naming him after a car?'

7. A former make of British motor car.

• Austin County
• Austinite

• Austen

Austin (comparative more Austin, superlative most Austin)

1. Augustinian.

   Austin friars

• Autins, Istanu, Sunita, Uniats

From English, from Latin.

Austin

1. a male given name

Austin

1. Augustine

Austin f

1. Austin (a city, the state capital of Texas, United States of America)