德州 dézhōu Texas Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents dézhōu Texas 德 dé proper noun abbreviation of 德克萨斯 德克薩斯 dékèsàsī Texas Texas; a state in the southern United States州 zhōu noun state A first-level administrative division of a country, such as a US state, Swiss canton, or Russian oblastdézhōu Dezhou 德 dé nounadjective virtue morality; ethics; a person's character or conduct州 zhōu proper noun prefecture An administrative division in China, including modern autonomous prefectures (自治州 zìzhìzhōu) and historical units whose names survive in city names like 苏州 sūzhōu