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Hackensack

//ˈhæ.kənˌsæk// name

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  1. 1
    A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

    "Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack"

  3. 3
    A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.

Etymology

Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.

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