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The word texas (tejas, tayshas, texias, thecas?, techan, teysas, techas?)
had wide usage among the Indians of East Texas even before the coming
of the Spanish, whose various transcriptions and interpretations gave
rise to many theories about the meaning. The usual meaning was
"friends," although the Hasinais applied the word to many
groups-including Caddoan-to mean "allies." The Hasinais probably did not
apply the name to themselves as a local group name; they did use the
term, however, as a form of greeting: "Hello, friend."
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[T]he name Texas, the state motto, "Friendship," carries the original
meaning of the word as used by the Hasinai and their allied tribes, and
the name of the state apparently was derived from the same source.
Texas I believe is too small for a nation and too large for an asylum.
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