texas

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see also: Texas

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛk.səs/

Noun

texas (plural texases)

1. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
   • 1866, New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)

     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.

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Texas

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛk.səs/
• (locally also) IPA: /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/

Proper noun

1. A state in the south central part of the USA capital=Austin.
2. (rare) A unisex given name.

Synonyms

• Lone Star State

Translations

• French: Texas
• German: Texas
• Italian: Texas
• Portuguese: Texas
• Russian: Теха́с
• Spanish: Texas, Tejas

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