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galveston
/ˈɡælvəstən/
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What does galveston mean?
proper noun
- A coastal city, the county seat of Galveston County, Texas, United States, located on Galveston Island and Pelican Island.
- Ellipsis of Galveston Island: an island of Galveston county, Galveston city, Texas, United States; an a barrier island separating in Galveston bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean.
- Ellipsis of Port of Galveston: a port in Galveston island, Galveston city, Galveston county, Texas, United States.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Galveston County: a county of Texas, United States. County seat: Galveston.
- Ellipsis of Galveston Bay Area: a region of Texas, United States, surrounding Galveston Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic.
- Ellipsis of Galveston Bay: a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic in Texas, United States.
- A town in Jackson Township, Cass County, Indiana, United States, named after Galveston, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, named after Galveston, Texas
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡælvəstən/
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The Galveston storm greatly damaged many of the houses, and the ruins were still there.
Then out of the great gulf surged the heroic Galveston tragedy, and the two orphan children came to fill the idealized want.
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“A pretty notion truly,” replied the papers in the interest of Florida, “that of Galveston bay below the 29th parallel! Have we not got the bay of Espiritu Santo, opening precisely upon the 28th degree, and by which ships can reach Tampa Town by direct route?”