Texarkana

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A city on the Texas and Arkansas border made of two towns with the same name, one in each state

proper noun
/ˌtɛksɑrˈkænə/

: Texarkana

I drove from Texarkana yesterday.
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana, Arkansas
City of Texarkana

Examples

The annual festival in Texarkana attracts visitors from both Texas and Arkansas.
You'll take me as far as Texarkana.

Zombieland (2009)
We want to make sure we give them a big Texarkana welcome.

Walk the Line (2005)
Pleasure to be with you, Billy Bob, and the folks in Texarkana again.

Fiction book (1990)
And people around Texarkana generally were optimistic about the future.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
All aboard leaving for Texarkana, Little Rock, St. Louis, and all points north!

The Great Debaters (2007)
It says here we're less than 50 miles out of Texarkana.

50 to 1 (2014)
Just 20 miles from the city of Texarkana, 60 miles north of Shreveport Louisiana.

Boggy Creek Monster (2016)
My name is Millard Gregg, and I'm from Texarkana.

Bustin' Loose (1981)
If you've ever driven from Shreveport to Texarkana, you'll pass right through Fouke.

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

Surface Forms

Texarkana main

Morphology

Texarkana = Texas + Arkansas (transparent) = Texas + Arkansas

The place name is a clear blend of the state names Texas and Arkansas and directly signals the city's location on the border of those states.

Etymology

Texarkana is a blend of the state names Texas and Arkansas, and people sometimes also include Louisiana, because the place began as a railroad stop on the state line. So Texarkana literally points to the town that sits on the border between Texas and Arkansas.