Definitions for Austin
ˈɔ stənAustin

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1. Austin, capital of Texasnoun

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

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1. Austinadjective

   Augustinian

   Austin friars

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

2. Austinnoun

   A city, the capital of Texas.

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

3. Austinnoun

   A former make of British motor car.

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

4. Austinnoun

   A male given name from Old French, of Anglo-Norman origin.

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

5. Austinnoun

   An English patronymic surname from the given name.

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

6. Austinnoun

   A male given name transferred from the surname.

   'He says the business with Austin doing take-and-drive-away, it's a deep compulsion he has, a compulsion to find out his real identity by sampling and testing out various machines.'

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

7. Austinnoun

   A locale in Canada. A municipality of Quebec; named for Canadian Quaker Nicholas Austin. A community in Manitoba.

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

8. Austinnoun

   A locale in the United States. The capital city of Texas, United States and the county seat of Travis County; named for American empresario Stephen F. Austin. A neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois; named for American politician and businessman Henry W. Austin Sr.. A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Austin R. Nichols. A city in Indiana; named for the city in Texas. A city in Arkansas. A census-designated place in Lander County, Nevada; named for early settler Alvah Austin. An unincorporated community in Colorado; named for early settler Austin E. Miller. An unincorporated community in Kentucky. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant William Austin. An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for local gristmill proprietor Austin Bush. A ghost town in Oregon; named for early settlers Minot and Linda Austin.

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

9. Austinnoun

   A ghost town in Western Australia; named for Australian explorer Robert Austin.

   Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

10. Austinnoun

    A former make of British motor car, named for founder Herbert Austin.

    Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustinus, diminutive form of Augustus ( literally " majestic") .

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1. Austinadjective

   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. Sunita

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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. Steve Adler:

   Based on the conversation we've had last night and today, I don't think Austin and Travis County qualify as a sanctuary city.

2. Greg Mourad:

   It’s an egregious waste of taxpayer dollars, there’s no reason for Austin Fire Department -RRB- and Austin Fire Department -RRB- is the problem with unionizing the public sector. They [ unions ] have become the most powerful lobby group in politics. The CEI study found that Texas cities pay thousands of hours in release time to teachers, cops and firefighters, and raised the possibility that such payments violate the Lone Star State’s constitution, which prohibits the transfer of public funds to private entities that do not serve a public purpose.

3. Mayor Steve Adler:

   Certainly, [ housing ] prices have been going up in Austin.The ordinance that we passed didnt create more people experiencing homelessness. It did make people that were experiencing homelessness more visible.

4. Stuart Pringle:

   Miami are seemingly getting a free deal, that has not gone down well with anyone, not least with the guys at Austin, Texas, who are working hard to make their race pay.

5. Dade Phelan:

   I am demanding all of our colleagues in D.C. to contact my staff immediately in order to secure their seat on the plane and return to Austin in order to do the state's business, the State of Texas is waiting.

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