Houston

[ hyoo-stuhn ]

noun

1. Sam(uel), 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
2. a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico.

Houston

/ ˈhjuːstən /

noun

1. an inland port in SE Texas, linked by the Houston Ship Canal to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: capital of the Republic of Texas (1837–39; 1842–45); site of the Manned Spacecraft Center (1964). Pop: 2 009 690 (2003 est)

Houston

1. Largest city in Texas .

Notes

A center of the oil industry and the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .

Example Sentences

“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.

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Houston has the largest medical center in the world, and the largest export port in the entire country.

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A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.

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Reconcile is a rapper from Houston, a city with a rich hip-hop legacy.

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But Reconcile is from a slightly different arm of Houston hip-hop—more focused on spiritual triumph over the trap.

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General Houston had attacked them with three hundred of our people, but had not been able to break their ranks.

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Our army, under the command of General Houston, was in front of Harrisburg, to which place the congress had retreated.

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We were interrupted at this moment by a message from General Houston, to whom we immediately hastened.

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Do you remember that glorious face, so strong and tender, on the wall of our little Houston Street hallroom?

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Tilly blushed and shrugged her shoulders; but she asked no more questions about Fort Sam Houston for at least five minutes.

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