Meaning of Houston | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A habitational surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
   countable, uncountable
3. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
4. A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
   countable, uncountable
5. A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
   countable, uncountable
6. A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
7. Other places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
8. An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
   countable, uncountable
9. A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
   countable, uncountable
10. A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
    countable, uncountable
11. A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
    countable, uncountable
12. An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
    countable, uncountable
13. An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
    countable, uncountable
14. A township in Adams County, Illinois.
    countable, uncountable
15. An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
16. A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
17. A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
    countable, uncountable
18. A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
19. An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
    countable, uncountable
20. An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
21. An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
22. A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
    countable, uncountable
23. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
    countable, uncountable
24. Ellipsis of Houston County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
25. The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
    countable, metonymically, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Houston, we've had a problem here.”

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