Sandy Hook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A spit (landform) on the coast of New Jersey, United States.
  2. A village in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  3. The school shooting that took place there on December 14, 2012.
  4. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
  5. A small city, the county seat of Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States.
  10. A census-designated place in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
  11. A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.

Word forms

Sandy Hook

Etymology

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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