English Explanatory Dictionary

Hudson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
  4. A town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; named for Argentine-English author William Henry Hudson.
  5. A city in Quebec, Canada, an off-island suburb of Montreal.
  6. A township in Ontario, Canada.
  7. A river in the United States, flowing from Lake Tear of the Clouds in Keene, New York into the Upper New York Bay at New York City; named for English explorer Henry Hudson.
  8. A number of settlements in the United States:
  9. A town in Weld County, Colorado; named for its town company, Hudson City Land and Improvement Co..
  10. A census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida; named for founder Isaac Hudson.
  11. A village in McLean County, Illinois; named for the river.
  12. A town in Salem Township and Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
noun
  1. An automobile manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.
  2. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌd.sən/ en-us-Hudson.ogg

Word forms

Hudson Hudsons

Etymology

From Hudd + -son. Doublet of Hutson.

Synonyms

Hudson River

Derived words

County of Hudson Hudson Bay Hudson County Hudsonian Hudson River Hudson's Bay Hudson Strait Hudson Township Hudson Valley New Hudson North Hudson Township of Hudson

Translations

Arabic: نَهْر هَدْسُون Arabic: هَدْسُون Armenian: Հուդզոն Chichewa: Mtsinje wa Hudson Chinese Mandarin: 哈德遜河 /哈德逊河 Chinese Mandarin: 哈得孫河 /哈得孙河 Finnish: Hudsonjoki Finnish: Hudson Italian: Hudson Japanese: ハドソン川 Korean: 허드슨 강 Marathi: हड्सन Persian: هادسون Russian: Гудзо́н
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