Táyshaʔ
Dallas, Fort Worth, Shreveport and Tyler. Táyshaʔ is the Caddo word for friend. Spanish visitors heard it as Tejas, and that became Texas.
- Zone
- Sun Standard Time, UTC−6
- Biggest city
- Dallas
- Sun highest
- 12:28 on the clock in Dallas, all year
- People
- about 11.4 million
- Covers roughly
- north and east Texas, southern Oklahoma, northwest Louisiana
- Named for
- Caddo (Hasinai, Kadohadacho), Wichita
- Meaning
- friend (Caddo); source of Texas
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