тексас

тексас {teksas} = denim, jeans in Macedonian

In most languages the words for the most popular textike for trousers and for the trousers made of that textile come from geographical locations.

1) After the Middle English name for the Italian town of “Gene” (Genoa, Genovese), short from “jean fustian” (strong cotton Genovese fabric):
jeans, xhins (trousers) in Albanian
джынсы {džynsy} (trousers) in Belarusian
джиинси {džinsi} (trousers) in Bulgarian
džínsovina, džínovina (textile); džíny (trousers) in Czech
jeans (trousers) in English
τζην {tzin} (textile) in Greek
géin (textile); jíons (trousers) in Irish
Jeansstoff (textile); Jeans, Jeanshose (trousers) in German
jins (trousers) in Indonesian
džinsi (trousers) in Latvian
džinsai (trousers) in Lithuanian
dżins, jeans (textile); dżinsy, jeansy (trousers) in Polish
blugi (trousers) in Romanian
джинс (textile); джиинсы {džinsy} (trousers) in Russian
jeans (textile) in Swedish
blucin (textile) in Turkish
jîns (trousers) in Welah

2) After the French town of Nîmes, short from “serge de Nîmes” (serge of Nîmes):
деним {denim} (textile) in Bulgarian, Russian
denim (textile) in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
denimi (textile) in Finnish
dením (textile) in Icelandic
deinim (textile) in Irish
デニム {denimu} (textile) in Japanese
데님 {denim} (textile) in Korean
tenimi (textile) in Maori

3) After the US state of Texas:
texans (trousers) in Catalan
teksas (textile) in Croatian
teksas (textile); teksasy (trousers) in Polish
тексас (textile) in Macedonian, Serbian
tejanos in Spanish

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