Sandy Hook
Meanings
name
- A spit (landform) on the coast of New Jersey, United States.
- A village in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
- The school shooting that took place there on December 14, 2012.
- An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States.
- A census-designated place in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.
Word forms
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.
Related words
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