USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spaniards referred to a prominent group of Caddo Indians as the Tejas, a word derived from the Caddo term for ‘friend’ or ‘ally. ‘ Thus, the Spanish province of Tejas, the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, and the historic trail traversing them owe their name to the Caddo language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tejas is the Spanish spelling of a Caddo word taysha, which means “friend” or “ally". In the 17th century the Spanish knew the westernmost Caddo peoples as “the great kingdom of Tejas” and the name lived on to become the name of the 28th state of the United States-Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The name Texas, based on the Caddo word táyshaʼ (/tʼajʃaʔ/) ‘friend’, was applied, in the spelling Tejas or Texas, by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves, specifically the Hasinai Confederacy, the final-s representing the Spanish plural.

Detailed explanation-4: -Based on this report, American historian Herbert Eugene Bolton came to the conclusion, in 1907, that the word “Texas” means “friendship.” Over time, this explanation was adopted by state government, the result of which can be seen in everything from safe driving campaigns to Texas being nicknamed the “friendly state.”

Detailed explanation-5: -The name Texas derives from a Caddo Indian word that means “friends” or “allies, ” which was incorporated into the state motto: Friendship.