Texan normally refers to someone who originated from, or who lives in, the state of Texas in the United States of America.
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History of the Term
The term is derived for the name of the state, Texas, which is in turn derived from the Spanish name for the once-Spanish province, Tejas. The Spanish took this name from a Caddoan word meaning "friends". Before the Texas War of Independence, Texas residents not of Hispanic descent were sometimes known as Texicans. During this time, and until annexation by the United States, nonhispanic Texas residents were also called Texians Texians is a 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, several unofficial terms were used in the 19th century to denote residents of Texas, including Texasian, Texican, and[1].
Texan may also refer to:
Aircraft
- T-6 Texan The North American T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950's. Designed by North American Aviation, The T-6 is known by a variety of designations, 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 has replaced, 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 The Lucky Texan is a 1934 Lonestar Films B-movie western film featuring John Wayne, five years before his breakthrough appearance in Stagecoach, Barbara Sheldon, Gabby Hayes, and legendary stuntman/actor Yakima Canutt. It was directed by Robert N. Bradbury, 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, United States. The team is currently a member 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, moved, an NFL football team
- The Texans, Tarleton State University Tarleton State University is a public, coeducational, state university located in Stephenville, Texas. It is the largest non-land-grant university primarily devoted to agriculture in the United States'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), 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
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See also
- Texas (disambiguation)
- Texian Texians is a 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, several unofficial terms were used in the 19th century to denote residents of Texas, including Texasian, Texican, and
- Tejano American English, Spanish, American Spanish, Spanglish, Indigenous languages of Mexico, Ladino
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