Hackensack
English
Etymology
From Unami ahkinkèshaki (“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”).
Proper noun
Hackensack
- A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
- 1975, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen (lyrics and music), “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.
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