A city in northwestern Texas, known for Texas Tech University and as the birthplace of Buddy Holly. Also a surname of English origin.
Named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Texas Ranger and Confederate officer in the 1870s. The surname Lubbock derives from Old English, possibly meaning 'enclosed settlement' or related to a place name in England.
Lubbock is famous as the birthplace of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, whose innovative sound influenced The Beatles and countless other musicians. The city sits in the middle of the Llano Estacado, a vast plateau that's so flat you can allegedly see the curvature of the Earth from certain vantage points.
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