Tejas may refer to:
Places
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Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, a U.S. state
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Spanish Texas
Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1519 until 1821. Spain claimed ownership of the region in 1519. Slave raids by Spaniards into what became Texas began in the 16th century and created ...
, colonial province
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Mexican Texas
Mexican Texas is the historiographical name used to refer to the era of Texan history between 1821 and 1836, when it was part of Mexico. Mexico gained independence in 1821 after winning its Mexican War of Independence, war against Spain, whi ...
, territory of post-independence Mexico
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Coahuila y Tejas
Coahuila y Tejas, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Tejas (), was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution.
It had two capitals: first Saltillo (1822–1825) f ...
, a state under the 1824 Mexican constitution that included the region of present-day Texas
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Tejas, Humacao, Puerto Rico, a barrio
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Tejas, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio
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Tejas, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Tejas is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,044.
History
Tejas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the ...
, a barrio
People
* Tejas, a Native American tribe of the
Hasinai
The Hasinai Confederacy (Caddo: ) was a large confederation of Caddo-speaking Native Americans who occupied territory between the Sabine and Trinity rivers in eastern Texas. Today, their descendants are enrolled in the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma an ...
confederation of North America (present day Texas)
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Vernon Tejas, American mountain climber and mountain guide
Arts, entertainment, media
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''Tejas'' (album), the fifth album by the blues-rock band ZZ Top
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''Tejas'' (film), a Bollywood film
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''Tejas'' (musician), an Indian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Transportation and vehicular
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Tejas Express train of India
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HAL Tejas
The HAL Tejas () is an Indian single-engine, delta wing, Multirole combat aircraft, multirole Military aircraft, combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for t ...
, an Indian combat aircraft
Other uses
* ''Tejas'', roofing tiles used in late (post-1790)
California mission architecture
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Tejas and Jayhawk Tejas was a code name for Intel's microprocessor, which was to be a successor to the latest Pentium 4 with the Prescott core and was sometimes referred to as Pentium V. Jayhawk was a code name for its Xeon counterpart. The cancellation of the proce ...
, code names for a microprocessor developed by Intel
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Tejas Club, a student organization at the University of Texas at Austin
See also
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Teja (disambiguation)
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Teyas
Teyas were a Native American people living near what is now Lubbock, Texas, who first made contact with Europeans during the 1541 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado expedition. The tribal affiliation and language of the Teyas is unknown, although man ...
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Texas (disambiguation)
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Teas (disambiguation) Teas or TEAS can mean:
* Tea, a traditional beverage made from steeping the processed leaves, buds, or twigs of the tea bush (''Camellia sinensis'') in water.
* ''Test of Essential Academic Skills'', a standardized aptitude test used for entrance t ...
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