texas
/ˈtɛk.səs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
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Example Sentences
- "The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]"
- "Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: táyshaʔ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛk.səs/
- British English: /ˈtɛk.səs/