Texas
English
Map of US highlighting Texas
Etymology
From Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
- (locally also) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɛksəs
- Hyphenation: Tex‧as
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Texas
- A state in the south central part of the United States of America. Capital: Austin.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from Texas
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Texas
Further reading
Catalan
Czech
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteksɑs/, [ˈt̪e̞ks̠ɑs̠]
- Hyphenation: Te‧xas
Declension
| Inflection of Texas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Texas | — | |
| genitive | Texasin | — | |
| partitive | Texasia | — | |
| illative | Texasiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Texas | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Texas | — |
| gen. | Texasin | ||
| genitive | Texasin | — | |
| partitive | Texasia | — | |
| inessive | Texasissa | — | |
| elative | Texasista | — | |
| illative | Texasiin | — | |
| adessive | Texasilla | — | |
| ablative | Texasilta | — | |
| allative | Texasille | — | |
| essive | Texasina | — | |
| translative | Texasiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Texasitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛɡ.zɑ/
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛksas/
Audio (file)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte.xas/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛksɐs/
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas], /ˈtɛk.kɪ.sas/
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtexas/, [ˈt̪exas]
- (also, Castilian, South America) IPA(key): /ˈteɡsas/, [ˈt̪eɣsas]
See also
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