Definition of "Houston"

A habitational surname.  examples

A placename

1. A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.  examples

2. A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.  examples

3. A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.  examples

4. Other places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States.  examples

   2. A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.  examples

   3. A small town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.  examples

   4. A small town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida, United States.  examples

   6. A Warner Robins community in Houston County, Georgia, United States.  examples

   7. An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States.  examples

   8. A small city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.  examples

   9. A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.  examples

   10. A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri, United States.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska, United States.  examples

   12. An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina, United States.  examples

   13. An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States.  examples

   14. A borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.  examples

   15. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee, United States.  examples

5. Ellipsis of Houston County.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.  examples

JSC, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1973.  examples