Austin refers to:
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
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Austin (given name)
Austin is an English masculine given name, an Old French language contraction of ''Agustin'' as ''Aostin, Austin'' (regular disappearing of intervocalic from Late Latin to Old French, compare month August : Old French ''aüst'' / ''aoust'', F ...
, a list of people and fictional characters
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Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
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Austin Motor Company
The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limi ...
, a British car manufacturer
Places
Canada
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Austin, Manitoba Austin is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in western Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway about west of Winnipeg. It is part of the Municipality of North Norfolk. It sits at the western edge of the table-flat Portag ...
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Austin, Ontario, a neighbourhood
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Austin, Quebec
Austin is a municipality on the western shore of Lake Memphremagog, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
It was home to inventor Reginald Fessenden. It is named after Nicholas Austin who ...
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Austin Island, Nunavut
United States
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Austin, Arkansas
Austin is a city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,038 as of the 2010 census and an estimated 3,693 as of 2018. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Austin, Colorado
Austin is a small unincorporated community within the boundaries of the incorporated town of Orchard City in Delta County, Colorado, United States. There is a U.S. Post Office in Austin, the ZIP Code for which is 81410.
Ferganchick Orchard R ...
, an unincorporated community
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Austin, Chicago, Illinois, a community area
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Austin, Indiana, a city
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Austin, Kentucky
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Austin, Minnesota, a city
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Austin, Missouri
Austin is an unincorporated community in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
The community was named after William Austin, a local merchant. A post office called Austin was establi ...
, an unincorporated community
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Austin, Nevada
Austin is an unincorporated small town in, and former county seat of, Lander County, Nevada, United States. In 2020, the census-designated place of Austin had a population of 167. It is located on the western slopes of the Toiyabe Range at an ...
, an unincorporated town and census-designated place
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Austin, Ohio
Austin is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A post office called Austin was in operation from 1848 until 1933. The community was named after Austin Bush, the proprietor of a local gristmill
A gristm ...
, an unincorporated community
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Austin, Oregon, an unincorporated community considered a ghost town
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Austin, Pennsylvania
Austin is a borough along the Freeman Run (river) in southwestern Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 482 at the 2020 census.
History
In September 1856, Edward Orramel Austin came to Freeman Run. He fell in love with ...
, a borough
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
, the capital city of Texas
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Austin County, Texas
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Austin Lake, Michigan
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Lake Austin
Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven High ...
, a reservoir in Austin, Texas
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Austin Airport (disambiguation)
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Austin Township (disambiguation)
Elsewhere
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Austin, Western Australia
Austin is an abandoned town in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The town is located south of Cue on an island in Lake Austin and for this reason was also known as Lake Austin and The Island Lake Austin.
The lake and the town are bot ...
, Australia, a ghost town
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Mount Austin (Antarctica), Palmer Land
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Austin Peak, part of the Mirabito Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
* Mount Austin, Hong Kong, a hill also known as
Victoria Peak
Schools
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
, flagship institution of the University of Texas System
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University of Austin, a private, nonsectarian liberal arts university in Austin, Texas
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Austin College
Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.[Austin High School (disambiguation) Austin High School may refer to
* Austin High School (Alabama), Decatur, Alabama
* Austin High School (Austin, Pennsylvania)
* Austin High School (Indiana), Austin, Indiana
* Austin High School (Minnesota), Austin, Minnesota
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Religion
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Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Af ...
(354–430), also known as St. Austin, Christian theologian, philosopher, bishop and saint
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Augustinians
Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...
Business
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American Austin Car Company
The American Austin Car Company Inc. was an American automobile manufacturing corporation incorporated in the state of Delaware. The company was founded on February 23, 1929, and produced motorcars licensed from the British Austin Motor Compa ...
, short-lived American automobile maker
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Austin Automobile Company
The Austin was a brass era American automobile manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1901 to 1921. The company, founded by James E. Austin and his son Walter Austin, built large, expensive and powerful touring cars with an unusual double ...
, short-lived American automobile company
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Austin Motor Company
The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limi ...
, British car manufacturer
** ''Austin'' magazine, produced for the Austin Motor Company by in-house
Nuffield Press
Nuffield Press was a publisher and printer formed by William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) as part of his Nuffield Organization in 1925. It was formed to primarily produce promotional literature for the motor vehicle manufacturing divisions of the ...
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Austin Airways, a former Canadian passenger airline and freight carrier
* Austin cookies and crackers,
Keebler Company brand
* Austin, a kangaroo
Beanie Baby produced by Ty, Inc.
Military
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USS ''Austin'', three ships
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''Austin''-class amphibious transport dock, a former US Navy ship class
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Austin Armoured Car
The Austin Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Imperial Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War.
In ad ...
, a British First World War armoured car
Music
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''Austin'' (album), a 2023 studio album by Post Malone
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"Austin" (song), a single by Blake Shelton
Sports
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Austin FC, an American men's soccer club based in Austin, Texas
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Austin FC II
Austin FC II is an American professional soccer team that is located in Austin, Texas. It is the reserve team of Austin FC and participates in MLS Next Pro.
History
On August 4, 2022, Austin FC was named as one of seven MLS clubs that would fi ...
, reserve team for Austin FC
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Austin Spurs, an NBA G League basketball team affiliated with the San Antonio Spurs
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Austin Bruins
The Austin Bruins are a Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's Central Division. The Bruins play their home games in the Riverside Arena in Austin, Minnesota.
History
The Bruins were an expansion team that first pl ...
, a junior ice hockey team based in Austin, Minnesota
Transportation
:''For companies in the transportation industry, see the Business section above.''
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Austin Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Austin station (disambiguation), three stations in the United States and one in Hong Kong
Other uses
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Austin Hospital
The Austin Hospital is a public teaching hospital in Melbourne's north-eastern suburb of Heidelberg, and is administered by Austin Health, along with the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.
History
The Au ...
, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Austin (building)
''Austin'' is an immersive work of art and architecture designed by artist Ellsworth Kelly and built on the grounds of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, USA. The building is a permanent installation and part of the museum's permanent coll ...
, a building designed by artist Ellsworth Kelly in Austin, Texas
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Stone Cold Steve Austin, ring name of American retired professional wrestler born Steven Anderson (born 1964)
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Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (8 November 186623 May 1941) was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. For the majority of his career he was known as Sir Herbert Austin, and the Northfield, Birming ...
(1866–1941), English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company
See also
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All pages beginning with Austin
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Austin station (disambiguation)
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Austins (disambiguation)
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Austen (disambiguation)
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