Etymology

Hoboken

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Today it means: A district of Antwerp, Belgium. Full definition →

Dutch Hoboken ← Middle Dutch Hooghe Buechen / Hoge Beuken pl
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Hoboken · proper noun1

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromHooghe Buechen / Hoge Beuken pl
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromHoboken
  3. English todayHoboken

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

Hoboken · proper noun2

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

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