Texarkana

[ tek-sahr-kan-uh ]

/ ˌtɛk sɑrˈkæn ə /

a city in NE Texas.

a city in SW Arkansas: contiguous with but politically independent of Texarkana, Texas.

Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, considered as a unit.

Example sentences from the Web for texarkana

One time in the Texarkana battle I was behind some pine trees and the bullets cut the limbs down all over me.

Slave Narratives, Oklahoma |Various
Notwithstanding it was nearly midnight when the presidential train reached Texarkana, about 2,000 citizens were present.

Speeches of Benjamin Harrison |Benjamin Harrison
My oldest sister washed and ironed for Mrs. Buchannan till she moved from the sawmill to Texarkana.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration
They turned eastward and passed over Texarkana, and thence south to impress the people of Shreveport.

In the Clutch of the War-God |Milo Hastings