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Why is Texas spelled 'Техас' (Tehas) in Russian?

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Based on the original (Spanish) pronunciation. It's Tejas in Spanish. (I assume it may have been spelled Texas in Spanish at some point too, since the letter x was the old way to write the same sound in Spanish, and it is still used this way to some extent in Mexico). read more

Based on the original (Spanish) pronunciation. It’s Tejas in Spanish. (I assume it may have been spelled Texas in Spanish at some point too, since the letter x was the old way to write the same sound in Spanish, and it is still used this way to some extent in Mexico). read more

Mexico is pronounced in Spanish the same way as it would be if spelled "Mejico". Same as the alternative Spanish spellings, "Xavier" and "Javier", which are pronounced the same way. Hence, Texas and Tejas are both legitimate, phonetically equivalent spellings in Spanish. read more

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