Texan normally refers to someone who originated from, or who lives in, the state of Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is a state in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. It is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, with an area of 268,820 square miles (696 in the United States of America.
Texan may also refer to:
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Aircraft
- T-6 Texan, WWII era training plane
- T-6 Texan II The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engined turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company . It is used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training and by the United States Navy for Primary and Intermediate Joint Naval Flight Officer (NFO) and Air Force Navigator / Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) training. It is replacing, airplane used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training
Entertainment
- TexA.N.S., an early band of Maynard James Keenan of the band Tool
- The Texan (fictional character), a character in Catch-22
- The Texan (TV series), starring Rory Calhoun
- The Lucky Texan, a 1934 Lonestar Films B-movie western film featuring John Wayne
Newspapers
- The Daily Texan The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. It is entirely student-run and independent from the university. It is one of the largest college newspapers in the United States with a daily circulation of roughly 30,000 during the fall and spring semesters and bills itself as the oldest student newspaper in the South, the student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin
Ships
- USS Texan (ID-1354), a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919
Sports
Current sports teams
- Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League (NFL). The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans),, an NFL football team
- The Texans, Tarleton State University's football team
Former sports teams and former names of sports teams
- Houston Texans, a 1974 World Football League team that became the Shreveport Steamer
- Dallas Texans (Arena), an Arena Football League team that played from 1990 to 1993
- Dallas Texans (NFL) After the 1951 NFL season, Ted Collins sold his financially troubled New York Yanks franchise back to the NFL. Collins had founded that franchise in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, moved it to New York City in 1949 as the Bulldogs, and renamed it the Yankees in 1950, an NFL team in 1952 that became the Baltimore Colts the following season
- The Dallas Texans, an American Football League team of 1960-1962 that became the Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League (NFL). Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football
- San Antonio Texans The San Antonio Texans were a Canadian Football League team that played in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1995 CFL season. They had relocated from Sacramento, California, where the team had been called the Sacramento Gold Miners. After relocating, the team still had the same ownership in Fred Anderson and the same staff, including, a Canadian Football League team that played during the 1995 season
See also
- Texas (disambiguation)
- Texian Texians is the name for immigrants from the United States and countries other than Mexico who became residents in the Tejas and Coahuila areas of Mexico, much of which later would be called Texas. Following a war for independence, Texian became the official designation for all citizens of the sovereign Republic of Texas , although several
- Tejano American English, Spanish, American Spanish, Ladino
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