Sandy Hook

proper noun

A spit (landform) on the coast of New Jersey, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A spit (landform) on the coast of New Jersey, United States.
  2. A village in the town of Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
    1. metonymicallyThe school shooting that took place there on December 14, 2012.

      The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.”

      2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022
  3. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.

Origin

The name of the spit on the coast of New Jersey is a proprialization from sandy hook. The names of the other places may be similar proprializations (in some cases), namesakes of another so-named place (in other cases), or otherwise.

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APA

Sandy Hook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandy%20Hook

MLA

“Sandy Hook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandy%20Hook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sandy Hook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandy%20Hook.

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