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It was named in honor of Sam Houston, the first President of the Republic of Texas.

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13y ago

It is a Caddoan word (Native American) meaning "allies" or "friends".

^when reffered as Indian in America almost everyone thinks about the Native Americans but the word "Texas" originates from India, the word Texas comes from the Indian word "Tejas" which means happiness and unity which also refers to "friendship"or "friends".

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13y ago

The native Americans would call the colony members tejos,which later formed as Texas

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6y ago

It was named in 1690 and after the Tejas (Native Americans) that lived there. An extra fact is that Tejas means friends.

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10y ago

The name for Texas is a Native American word for friends. The area was populated by many different tribes starting as early as the 1st century.

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14y ago

"Texas" comes from the Caddo Indian word tejas, which means "friend."

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Native Americans

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15y ago

it came from the spanish word. War

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9y ago

Sam Houston

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