Houston meaning

Houston as a noun

1. the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

   Type of: city, port

2. United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

   Synonyms: Sam Houston, Samuel Houston

   Type of: politician, general

Houston in a sentence

• My dad is going to Houston this weekend.
• Which Houston Rockets jersey looks the nicest?
• Houston, we've had a problem.
• The distance between Dallas and Houston is similar to that between Seoul and Busan.
• Once selected to join the astronaut corps, training begins at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

How to pronounce Houston

Houston is pronounced /ˈhjuːstən/ in British English and /ˈhjustən/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.