Houston

Meaning

1. A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
2. An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
3. A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
4. A placename:
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
6. A habitational surname.
7. A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
8. Other places in the United States:

Etymology / origin

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton

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