Meanings
- A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Who needs a house out in Hackensack
1977, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, in The Stranger, performed by Billy Joel2 more examples
Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack
1975, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More”, performed by Steely DanHildy S. Lipner, chief of pediatric speech pathology at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, N.J., said that by the time she sees children with picky eating problems, they are usually between 18 months and 3 years old and already have their patterns well established.
2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018 - A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.
Origin
- Unamiahkin'kèshaki“place where the ground is sharp or rough”
- EnglishHackensack
Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.
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