Houstonian
proper noun
- native of or resident of Houston, Texas, USA
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /hjuːˈstəʊ.ni.ən/ / /h(j)uˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
adj
Etymology: From Houston + -ian.
- Of or relating to Houston.
“The Houstonian Hotel, President Bush's nominal Texas residence, is in bankruptcy.”
noun
Etymology: From Houston + -ian.
- A native or inhabitant of Houston.
“"There's lots of talk about the poster because plenty of Houstonians think the cowboy thing can be overplayed when we really need to be promoting ourselves as a sophisticated, international city," said Dancie Perugini Ware, a prominent public relations executive.”
“The pianist was Jason Moran, another Houstonian, for whom the past converges with the present: he sometimes likes to find an unobtrusive sequence inside an old standard and turn it into fresh headlines.”