Etymology

Hackensack

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Today it means: A river in New York and New Jersey, United States. Full definition →

Unami ahkin'kèshaki
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The story

  1. Unami · borrowed fromahkin'kèshaki“place where the ground is sharp or rough”
  2. English todayHackensack

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.