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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”).[1] Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hackensack
- A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
- 1975, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More”, performed by Steely Dan:
- Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack
- 1977, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, in The Stranger, performed by Billy Joel:
- Who needs a house out in Hackensack
- A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.
References
- ^ Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ahkin'kèshaki”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project