Re: placename nomenclature [was Re: Attn: Spanish speakers]

Thomas Wier wrote:

> Although the modern
> inhabitants of Texas are called Texans, they were not always so:
> during the Republic, they were "Texians", and that is still the
> appropriate adjective for people living in Texas between 1817
> and 1845.
IIRC, "Texian" can also be applied to the modern descendants of
historic Texians.

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