Houston

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n//
United States//ˈhjustən//
United States/[ˈhj̊uːstɨn]/
United States/[j̊uːstɨn]/
//ˈhaʊstən//

A habitational surname.

proper noun

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A habitational surname.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
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A placename: A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs. It’s dead grass and midday thunderstorms. It isn’t the beginning or the end of anything, just a prolonged in-between through dead-end traffic on I-45.
At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid soaring temperatures.
The family’s ordeal began last month, when they were rushing from Rio Grande City, where they lived, to Houston, where their daughter’s specialist doctors are based, for an emergency medical checkup.
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A placename: A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
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A placename: A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A township in Adams County, Illinois.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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A placename: Other places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
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The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
Houston, we've had a problem here.
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Variant of Houston CountyA placename: Ellipsis of Houston County.

Etymology

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton

Forms

plural: Houstons

housewife · A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the…housework · domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking housing · The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence…

Houston · A habitational surname.

hover · To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary…Hover · A surname.hovering · The act of one who hovers.

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