HOW TO PRONOUNCE
houston
/ˈhjustən/
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Houston, Texas, begins with “hyoo.”
The opening of HYOO-stun keeps h followed by the y sound in yes and an oo vowel. The first syllable is strongest; other places named Houston can be pronounced differently.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Her flight connects through Houston.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does houston mean?
proper noun
- A habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
- A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
More meanings (20)
proper noun
- A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland.
- A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama.
- A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
- A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.
- A small town in Kent County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
- A township in Adams County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- A small city and township in Houston County, Minnesota.
- A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
- A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
- Ellipsis of Houston County.
- The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhjustən/
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See this word in context.
The butler has lately come from the household of the Earl of Durham, Punch from a cellar in Houston Street.
I learn that you once lived here and I see from today's Houston Post that you once lived at Richmond, Texas.
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Meanwhile Lena had finished high school, had taken a year in the Normal and secured a community school to teach, near Houston.
The white people (men) of Houston, Texas, showed me every possible courtesy while I was there.
She reveals the essential nature of Range Templeton more distinctly, more mordantly, than history has revealed the essential nature of Sam Houston or any of his contemporaries.