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Where does Texas get its name?

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∙ 18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Texas came from the word "tejas", meaning "friends" in Spanish. The people of Mexico had called Texans "tejas" for a while before the name of the state was used. Please forgive me if I am wrong. Really, I'm only 12.

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