Houston
English
Etymology
Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town".
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhjuːstɨn/, [ˈhj̊uːstɨn], [j̊uːstɨn]
Audio (US) (file) - Note that in the street name in New York City, Houston Street, Houston is pronounced IPA(key): /ˈha͡ʊstən/.
Proper noun
Houston
- A habitational surname.
- A city in Texas, USA, named after Sam Houston. It is the county seat of Harris County.
- a city in Missouri, USA, and the county seat of Texas County.
- Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
- A male given name of mainly American usage, transferred from the surname.
- The NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1973.
- 1970: Houston, we've had a problem here.
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Texan city
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