Houston
/ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n
/An inland port of Texas, linked to the Gulf of Mexico by the Houston Ship Canal; population 2,242,193 (est. 2008). Since 1961 it has been a centre for space research and manned space flight; it is the site of the NASA Space Center.
Origin
Named after Samuel Houston (1793–1863), an American politician and military leader who led the struggle to win control of Texas and make it part of the US.
- take place
- take pleasure in
- taker
- taker-in
- taker meer
- taker-off
- take root
- taker-up
- take shape
- take ship
- Takeshita, Noboru
- take sides
- take silk
- take some doing
- take someone aback
- take someone at their word
- take someone back
- take someone for a ride
- take someone in
- take someone in hand
- take someone in rear
- take someone into one's confidence
- take someone off
- take someone on
- take someone out