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5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
originBorrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0