Texas is filled with hard to pronounce place names. Some, like Waxahachie, are traced back to the state’s Native American heritage.
Other names, like Refugio, date back to the region’s history as part of Mexico–but are pronounced with a distinctly Texas twist.
Want to learn how to say it like a Texan? We’ve got you covered!
Native Texan John Bigley recorded this pronunciation guide so you can say these place names like a Texan, whether you are visiting Luckenbach or Lake Buchanan, Boerne or Buda!
Table of Contents
Abilene
Anahuac
Aransas County
Balmorhea
Beaumont
Bexar County
Blanco
Boerne
Bosque County
Bowie County
Brashear
Brazoria County
Brazos County
Brenham
Buchanan Dam
Buda
Bula
Burnet
Canton
Coryell County
Cotulla
Coupland
Cuero
Davilla
Decatur
D’Hanis
Dimmitt
Dumas
Ector
Edinburg
El Campo
El Dorado
Elgin
Ennis
Falfurrias
Flatonia
Fulshear
Goldthwaite
Grosbeck
Gruene
Hardin County
Harlingen
Hereford
Hico
Hillsboro
Humble
Iraan
Italy
Kleeburg County
Lajitas
Lake Buchanan
Lampasas
Leakey
Leander
Llano
Luckenbach
Manor
Marathon
Marquez
Mexia
OK, if there’s one place name that separates the Texans from the non-Texans, it just might be Mexia. How’s your pronunciation?