Definitions for Austin
ˈɔ stənAustin

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1. Austin, capital of Texas(noun)

   state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas

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1. Austin(Adjective)

   Augustinian

   Austin friars

2. Austin(ProperNoun)

   A city, the capital of Texas.

3. Austin(ProperNoun)

   , in modern usage transferred back from the surname.

4. Austin(ProperNoun)

   A former make of British motor car.

Origin: Medieval vernacular form of the saints' name Augustine, Augustinus, derivative of Augustus "majestic".

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1. Austin(adj)

   augustinian; as, Austin friars

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1. Austin

   Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, Austin is the 11th most populous city in the United States of America and the fourth most populous city in the state of Texas. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. Austin is also the second largest state capital in the United States after Phoenix. Austin has a population of 842,592. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan area, which had an estimated population 1,783,519, making it the 34th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. In the 1830s, pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. After Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar visited the area during a buffalo-hunting expedition between 1837 and 1838, he proposed that the republic's capital then located in Houston, Texas, be relocated to the area situated on the north bank of the Colorado River near the present-day Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. In 1839, the site was officially chosen as the republic's new capital and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas" and the republic's first secretary of state.

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1. Austin

   the capital of Texas, on the Colorado River, named after Stephen Austin, who was chiefly instrumental in annexing Texas to the States.

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1. austin

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1. Sunita

How to pronounce Austin?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Austin in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Austin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Austin in a Sentence

1. Austin Powers International Man of Mystery:

   Austin Powers Yeah, baby, yeah

2. Theo Padnos:

   I was as dialed in to Austin Tice as you could be.

3. Doc Rivers:

   Yeah, you want (Austin to do well) but they’re all my sons.

4. Bernadette Johnson of DrillingInfo:

   These fringe areas, like the Austin Chalk, could be the next big thing.

5. Richard Villarreal:

   Austin has now become a test lab for the new business models in the industry.

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