TX

TX

abbr.

Texas

TX

abbreviation for

1. (Placename) Texas

2. (Telecommunications) text messaging thanks

TX

Texas.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico Lone-Star State, Texas Chisholm Trail - a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s southwestern United States, Southwest - the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado Big Bend - a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande Big Bend National Park - a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife Guadalupe Mountains National Park - a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Abilene - a city in central Texas Amarillo - a city in the northern panhandle of Texas Arlington - a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth Austin, capital of Texas - state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas Beaumont - a city of southeastern Texas near Houston Brownsville - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships Bryan - a town of east central Texas Corpus Christi - a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico Dallas - a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields Del Rio - a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio El Paso - a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez Fort Worth - a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center Galveston - a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island Galveston Island - an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay Garland - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) Houston - the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Laredo - a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Lubbock - a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo Lufkin - a town in eastern Texas McAllen - a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande Midland - a town in west central Texas Odessa - a city in western Texas Paris - a town in northeastern Texas Plano - a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) San Angelo - a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town San Antonio - a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers Sherman - a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border Texarkana - a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas Tyler - a town in northeast Texas Victoria - a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio Waco - a city in east central Texas Wichita Falls - a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border Chihuahuan Desert - a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico Brazos, Brazos River - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico Canadian River, Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma Colorado River, Colorado - a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico Galveston Bay - an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston Guadalupe Mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains Llano Estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains Pecos, Pecos River - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas