Austin

UK: /ˈɒstɪn/ US: (ô′stən)

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Aus•tin  (ô′stən), n. 

1. Biographical Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
2. Biographical John, 1790–1859, English writer on law.
John Lang•shaw  (lang′shô), 1911–60, British philosopher.
3. Biographical Mary (Hunter), 1868–1934, U.S. novelist, playwright, and short-story writer.
4. Biographical Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American colonizer in Texas.
5. Biographical Warren Robinson, 1877–1962, U.S. diplomat.
6. Biographical See Augustine, Saint (def. 2).
7. Place Names a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River. 345,496.
8. Place Names a city in SE Minnesota. 23,020.
9. a male given name, form of Augustus. 

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Austin / ˈɒstɪn/ noun

1. a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)

Austin / ˈɒstɪn ˈɔː-/ noun

1. Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company
2. John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system
3. J(ohn) L(angshaw) ( ˈlæŋʃɔː ). 1911–60, English philosopher, whose lectures Sense and Sensibilia and How to do Things with Words were published posthumously in 1962

Austin / ˈɒstɪn/ adjective , noun

1. another word for Augustinian

Etymology: 14th Century: shortened form of Augustine