Lone Star State

See also: Lone-Star State and Lonestar State

English

Flag of Texas, featuring a lone star.

Alternative forms

• Lone-Star State, Lonestar State

Proper noun

Lone Star State

1. The official nickname for the state of Texas in the United States of America.
   • 1915, Zane Grey, chapter 15, in The Lone Star Ranger:

     Like other parts of the great Lone Star State, this section of Texas was a world in itself.

   • 1978 February 14, “Texas Turning to Its Reserves of Lignite”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Lone Star State now gets an estimated 12 percent of its electricity from lignite, and that figure is expected to double by 1985.

Translations

Translations

• French: État de l’étoile solitaire
• Macedonian: Државата на осамената ѕвезда (Državata na osamenata dzvezda)
• Russian: Штат одинокой звезды (Štat odinokoj zvezdy)
• Spanish: Estado de la Estrella Solitaria

References

• “Lone Star State”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.