Texas (disambiguation)

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Texas is a state of the United States of America, formerly the Republic of Texas.

Texas may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Texas (TV series), a 1980s U.S. television program
• "Texas" (SpongeBob SquarePants episode) an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants that aired along with "Walking Small" on March 22, 2000
• Texas (1941 film), a western starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
• Texas (1994 film), a TV movie starring Benjamin Bratt and Patrick Duffy
• Texas (2005 film), an Italian movie by Fausto Paravidino

Literature

• Texas (novel), written by James A. Michener

Music

• Texas (band), a Scottish rock band
• Texas (musical), produced annually in Canyon, Texas
• Texas (album), the first full-length album by electronic/pop artist, PlayRadioPlay!
• Texas (Lasse Stefanz album), a 2010 album by Swedish dansband Lasse Stefanz
• "Texas", a song by Big Black from the EP Bulldozer
• "Texas", a Charlie Daniels single from the album Nightrider
• "Texas", a George Strait song from the album Somewhere Down in Texas
• "Texas", a Chris Rea song from the album The Road to Hell
• "Texas QLD 4385", a song by Lee Kernaghan originally released as "Texas, Qld" on the album Electric Rodeo

Historical

• Hasinai, Tejas or Texas, a Native American people after whom the state was named
• CSS Texas, a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy
• The Texas (locomotive), a steam locomotive involved in the American Civil War Great Locomotive Chase
• USS Texas, name of a number of ships of the United States Navy

Places

Australia

• Texas, Queensland

United States

• Texas Avenue, the Business State Highway 6-R section of Texas State Highway 6 in the College Station-Bryan metropolitan area
• Texas Canyon, a canyon in Cochise County, Arizona
• Texas District, a district of the Lutheran Church
• Texas, New Jersey
• Texas, New York
• Texas, West Virginia
• Texas, Wisconsin

People

• Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (1880–1974), Swedish Socialist leader
• John Horton Slaughter or Texas John Slaughter (1841–1922), an American lawman, Civil War soldier and gambler
• T. Texas Tyler (1916–1972), a country music singer and songwriter
• Texas Battle, an American actor
• Texas Gladden (1895–1967), an American folk singer
• Texas Ruby (born Ruby Agnes Owens), a pioneering country music female vocalist
• Texas Terri, born Terri Laird is a punk rock singer and songwriter

Terminology

• 2-10-4, a class of locomotive commonly called Texas-type
• Texas or C6 tuning, commonly used on a ten string pedal steel guitar
• Texas (steamboat) – a structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officer's quarters

Businesses

• Texas Homecare, a former chain of DIY stores in the UK

Other

• 35352 Texas, an asteroid
• University of Texas at Austin
  • Texas Longhorns, the athletic program of The University of Texas at Austin

See also

• All pages beginning with "Texas"
• All pages with titles containing "Texas"
• Tex (disambiguation)
• Texan (disambiguation)
• Texas City, Illinois
• Texas City, Texas
• Texas County (disambiguation)
• Texas Township (disambiguation)

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