Hackensack

A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.

Proper noun

  1. A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
    • 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 Dan:
    • Who needs a house out in Hackensack - 1977, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, in The Stranger, performed by Billy Joel:
    • Hildy 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...
  3. A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.

Origin

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