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Texas is a state of the United States of America, formerly the Republic of Texas.
Texas may also refer to:
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Texas (TV series), a 1980s U.S. television program
- Texas (band), a Scottish blues rock band
- Texas (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)
- Texas (novel), written by James A. Michener
- Texas (musical), produced annually in Canyon, Texas
- Texas (1941 film), a western starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
- Texas (1994 film), a TV movie starring Benjamin Bratt and Patrick Duffy
- Texas (album), the first full-length album by electronic/pop artist, PlayRadioPlay!
- Texas Bowl a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game
- "Texas" (song), a song by Chris Rea
[edit] Historical
- CSS Texas, a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy
- Operation Texas, an undercover operation to relocate European Jews to Texas, away from Nazi persecution.
- Republic of Texas
- Texas Brigade, a Confederate States Army brigade during the American Civil War
- The Texas (locomotive), a steam locomotive involved in the American Civil War Great Locomotive Chase
- Texas Road, a major trade and emigrant route across Indian Territory
- USS Texas, name of a number of ships of the United States Navy
[edit] Places
- The Republic of Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Texas avenue, the Business State Highway 6-R section of Texas State Highway 6 in the College Station-Bryan metropolitan area
- Texas County, Missouri, USA, named for the republic
- Texas County, Oklahoma, USA, named for the neighboring state
- Texas District a district of the Lutheran Church
- Texas Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
- Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
- Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
- Texas, New York
- Texas, Queensland, Australia
[edit] People
- Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (1880-1974), Swedish Socialist leader
- Hasinai, Tejas or Texas, a Native American people after whom the state was named
- John Slaughter or Texas John Slaughter (1841–1922), an American lawman, Civil War soldier and gambler
- T. Texas Tyler (1916-1972), a country music singer and songwriter
- Texas Battle, an American actor
- Texas Gladden (1895-1967), an American folk singer
- Texas Ruby (born Ruby Agnes Owens), a pioneering country music female vocalist
- Texas Terri, born Terri Laird is a punk rock singer and songwriter
[edit] Terminology
- 2-10-4, a class of locomotive commonly called Texas-type
- Texas (nautical), a deckhouse on a ship
- Texas or C6 tuning, commonly used on a ten string pedal steel guitar
- Texas heart shot a euphemism used in hunting referring to a shot fired at the base of the tail of an animal facing directly away from the shooter.
- Texas Rig a technique used for fishing soft plastic lures.
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