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Houstonian
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English
Etymology
From en Houston -ian.
Pronunciation
en /hjuːˈstəʊ.ni.ən/ RP
en /h(j)uˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ GA
en əʊniən 4
Adjective
Of or relating to Houston.
en Roberto Suro THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Convention City; In No Mood to Party, Houston Awaits the G.O.P. w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/13/us/the-1992-campaign-convention-city-in-no-mood-to-party-houston-awaits-the-gop.html 1992-08-13 The Houstonian Hotel, President Bush's nominal Texas residence, is in bankruptcy. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116142013/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/13/us/the-1992-campaign-convention-city-in-no-mood-to-party-houston-awaits-the-gop.html
Translations
French: fr houstonien
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Houston.
en Houstoner
en Roberto Suro THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Convention City; In No Mood to Party, Houston Awaits the G.O.P. w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/13/us/the-1992-campaign-convention-city-in-no-mood-to-party-houston-awaits-the-gop.html 1992-08-13 "There's lots of talk about the poster because plenty of Houstonians think the cowboy thing can be overplayed when we really need to be promoting ourselves as a sophisticated, international city," said Dancie Perugini Ware, a prominent public relations executive. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116142013/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/13/us/the-1992-campaign-convention-city-in-no-mood-to-party-houston-awaits-the-gop.html
en Ben Ratliff A Mischievous Convergence of Past and Present Jazz w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/arts/music/20erimaj.html 2010-04-19 The pianist was Jason Moran, another Houstonian, for whom the past converges with the present: he sometimes likes to find an unobtrusive sequence inside an old standard and turn it into fresh headlines. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326163133/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/arts/music/20erimaj.html
Translations
French: fr Houstonien m, fr Houstonienne f
en Demonyms American demonyms Houston