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Hoboken

Hoboken proper noun: a district of Antwerp, Belgium.

Proper noun (1)

Hoboken

  1. A district of Antwerp, Belgium.

Proper noun (2)

Hoboken

  1. A city in Georgia, United States.
  2. A city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
    • New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of...2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey Continues to Cope with Hurricane Sandy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021, retrieved 31 Oct 2012

Origin of Hoboken

Borrowed from Dutch Hoboken, from Middle Dutch Hooghe Buechen / Hoge Beuken pl (literally “high beeches”).

Most commonly thought to be a borrowing from Unami, likely from hupokàn (“smoking-pipe”). Alternative theories suggest derivation from etymology 1, from Dutch.

Questions about Hoboken

What does Hoboken mean?
Hoboken means a district of Antwerp, Belgium.
What part of speech is Hoboken?
Hoboken is a proper noun.

Words near Hoboken in the dictionary

  1. hobohemians
  2. hobohemias
  3. hoboing
  4. hoboish
  5. hoboism
  6. Hoboken
  7. Hobokenite
  8. hobolike
  9. hobos
  10. hobosexual
  11. hobosexuality

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