Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Texas near Galveston Bay. Founded in 1836 and named for Sam Houston, the city developed as a cotton market in the 1800s. It is now a major port and commercial center known for its aerospace and petroleum industries.
  • Samuel,American soldier and politician who fought in the Texan struggle for independence from Mexico and became president of the Republic of Texas (1836–1838 and 1841–1844). When Texas was admitted to the Union, he served as US senator (1845–1859) and governor (1859–1861).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A habitational surname.
  • proper noun A city in Texas, USA, named after Sam Houston.
  • proper noun Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
  • proper noun A male given name of mainly American usage, transferred from the surname.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • noun United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Etymologies

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Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of ""Hugh's town".

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Examples

  • ANNISE PARKER (D), HOUSTON MAYORAL CANDIDATE: Houston is a multiracial, multicultural, international city.

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2009 2009

  • ANNISE PARKER, HOUSTON MAYOR-ELECT: There is a certain segment of Houston, there is a certain segment of society that has problems with the issues around sexual orientation.

    CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2009 2009

  • September 13th, 2008 3:14 am ET do not forget the homeless people in houston that I saw here in Atlanta some cable is carrying a local Houston channel and we just saw people lying around a building.

    Bacliff Residents Not Evacuating 2008

  • CHIEF HAROLD HURTT, HOUSTON POLICE: Well, right now, we are moving 500,000 people out of the Galveston and Houston area where we think that the eye of the storm is going to come on land.

    CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2008 2008

  • The various buzzes, and the team names they suggest: THE HOUSTON BOOSTERS: Houston will win because local officials backed the bid of billionaire Bob McNair with $195 million in tax subsidies.

    Ovitz Up The Middle For 32? 2008

  • MAYOR BILL WHITE, HOUSTON, TEXAS: Houston is getting full.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2005 2005

  • HOUSTON - Doctors have cleared Houston women's basketball coach Joe Curl to return to the bench after he missed five games for heart-related issues.

    Brownsville Herald : By JIM VERTUNO 2010

  • HOUSTON - A two-year-old Toronto-area boy died Thursday afternoon after being left in a blistering hot car for about two hours in a suburb of Houston, Texas, according to U.S. media reports.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • HOUSTON - Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth drove in three runs apiece, and the Philadelphia Phillies 'offense rolled again Saturday night in a 9-6 win over Houston that sent the Astros to their worst start in 27 years.

    RutlandHerald.com 2010

  • HOUSTON OPEN Kim, Molder lead after 3 rounds in Houston

    Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010

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