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Hershey

US/ˈhɝʃi/

Hershey proper noun: a surname.

hershey: a surname
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Proper noun

Hershey

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States, named for J. H. Hershey, a pioneer settler.
  3. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in California, United States.
  5. A village in Mayabeque, Cuba, also known as Camilo Cienfuegos.

Noun

Hershey (plural Hersheys)

  1. A confection produced by The Hershey Company.
    • But she knows her friends and if she likes you she will go for walks with you and even eat a Hershey in front of the drugstore if you buy her one.1963, Elliott Chaze, “Millionaires Don’t Go Out in the Yard”, in Two Roofs and a Snake on the Door, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10
    • Then I arranged all my own and my roommate’s pillows in a voluptuous pile, placed so that I could see whether a silent housemotherly foot stood outside the swaying monk’s-cloth curtain that served as a door (to cut down our libidinous chitchat, the school board believed), and I put my hoard of...1982, M[ary] F[rances] K[ennedy] Fisher, “Young Hunger”, in As They Were, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 35

Forms of Hershey

pluralHersheys

Origin of Hershey

From Hercé in Normandy. The villages are named after The Hershey Company, which is named after its founder, Milton S. Hershey.

Words formed from Hershey

Phrases with Hershey

Questions about Hershey

What does Hershey mean?
Hershey means a surname.
What part of speech is Hershey?
Hershey can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hershey?
Hershey is pronounced /ˈhɝʃi/ (US).

Words near Hershey in the dictionary

  1. Hershaws
  2. Hershberger
  3. Hershbergers
  4. Hershel
  5. Hershes
  6. Hershey
  7. Hershey highway
  8. Hershey highways
  9. Hershey squirts
  10. Hersheys
  11. hership

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