Hoboken

English <dab> Etymology 1 Borrowed from en nl Hoboken, from en dum Hooghe Buechen / Hoge Beuken p high beeches. Proper noun en dist city/Antwerp c/Belgium. Etymology 2 Most commonly thought to be a borrowing from en unm -, likely from unm hupokàn smoking-pipe.hupokàn Alternative theories suggest derivation from etymology 1, from Dutch. Proper noun en city s/Georgia c/United States. en city co/Hudson County s/New Jersey c/United States. TopoZone: Hoboken, New Jersey en 2012 October 31 David M. Halbfinger http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html New Jersey Continues to Cope with Hurricane Sandy w:The New York Times 31 October 2012 New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106233733/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html References