Houston
Pronunciation: /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/
The English word “Houston” has 9 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
- The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
Etymology
Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
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