STATE MOTTO
STATE MOTTO. The word Friendship was adopted as the Texas state motto by the Forty-first Texas Legislature in February 1930. The word was probably chosen because the name Texas or Tejas was the Spanish pronunciation of a Caddo Indian word sometimes translated to mean "friends" or "allies." See also TEXAS, ORIGIN OF NAME.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
"STATE MOTTO," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/msscc), accessed May 28, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
