This is a list of locales in Hudson County, New Jersey categorized by origin of their name.
Municipalities
Bayonne (Bynne) Jersey City (JC) Hoboken (Hbkn) Union City (UC) West New York (WNY) Guttenberg (Gtbg) Secaucus (Sec) Kearny (Kearny) Harrison (Har'sn) East Newark (EN) North Bergen (NB) Weehawken (Whkn)
Lenape The Lenape people who lived in the region spoke an Algonquian language from which the current names are derivative through Dutch and English. NameMunicipalityOriginCommentsCaven PointJCpeninsulathrough Dutch kewan (see:cay)RoadCommunipawJCgamunk, on the other side of the river, and pe-auke, water-land, meaning big landing-place from the other side of the river.Upper New York Bay before land reclamation at turn of the 20th century current: gamuck meaning other side of the water or otherside of the riverThe Lenape/English Dictionary http://www.gilwell.com/lenape or landing place at the side of a river TerminalStationJunctionCoveAvenueHackensackJC, SecWhknplace of stony ground or place of sharp ground exonym for Hackensack (Native Americans) and the terrain around main village at Overpeck Creek near a ridgefieldRiverPlank RoadHarsimusJCsea marsh or sea grass, possibly crow's marshsalt marsh cove along the North River before landfilling in the 19th centurycurrent: ahas meaning crow CoveHobokenHobhoopookum or hupoken meaning smoking pipe, from Hopoghan Hackingh HM-hist "The Abridged History of Hoboken", Hoboken Museum or place of stone for pipesserpentinite rock found at the outcropping of Castle Point current: Hopoakan meaning pipe for smokingTerminalCemeteryLackawannastream that forksDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, originally the Lackawanna and Western Railroad, consolidated with the Erie Railroad to become the Erie Lackawanna Railway, travelled through the region of the Lackawanna River and across NJ to the waterfrontHoboken TerminalManhattanUCisland of many hillsHolloway, Marguerite. "Urban tactics; I'll Take Mannahatta", The New York Times, May 16, 2004, accessed June 30, 2009. "He could envision what Henry Hudson saw in 1609 as he sailed along Mannahatta, which in the Lenape dialect most likely meant island of many hills."From the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, a first mate on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen, while anchored at Weehawken Cove.Full Text of Robert Juet's Journal: From the collections of the New York Historical Society, Second Series, 1841 log book , Newsday. Retrieved 2007-05-16. A 1610 map depicts the name Manahata twice, on both the west and east sides of what became the Hudson RiverPamrapoJCBayrockNatural break in Bergen Hill where the east-west crossing of Morris Canal was later built and city line established.StationAvenueCourtPassaicpahsaayeek, pasayak or pahsayèk meaning valley or water that flows through the valley Lenape Language / Pronunciation .Current: Pachsa'jeekSecaucusSecsukit meaning black and achgook meaning snake,Anthony, Rev A.S and Binton D.G. (editors) Lenape-English Dictionary, 1888, (Historical Society of Penn) hence black snakes.Snake HillRoadWeehawkenWhknat the end of, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, accessed June 13, 2007. "A township in Hudson County, N.J., seven miles northeast of Jersy City. The name was originally an Algonquin Indian term and later changed by folk-usage to a pseudo-Dutch form. Its exact meaning is unclear, but variously translated ... at the end (of the Palisades)..."emergence of Hudson Palisades at King's BluffCoveCemetery
Dutch New Netherlanders established a factorij in 1617 at Communipaw, a patroonship in 1630 at Pavonia, and New Jersey's first independent gemeente, or municipality, in 1661 as Bergen.
NameMunicipalityOriginCommentsBergencounty-widebergen meaning hills or mountain ridge, alternatively from the verb to save, recover, keep safespeaks to the terrain of Bergen Hill or the establishment of a stockaded village to which settlers could withdraw if neededSquarePointBergenline, etcConstable HookBynneKonstapel's Hoeck constable & hoek or hoeck meaning cape or peninsula. land grant to Jacob Jacobsen Roy, chief gunner or constable in at Fort Amsterdam in New Amsterdam in 1646 Joan F. Doherty, Hudson County The Left Bank, (Windsor Publications, Inc., 1986)Cromakill CreekSec, NBkromme kill meaning crooked creekborder between Secaucus and North Bergen in Hackensack MeadowlandsPaulus HookJCvariously Paulus Hoeck, Powles Hoek, Powles Hook hoek or hoeckNJCU: Jersey City A to Z/Paulus Hookoriginally a tidal island, site of ferry and factorij operated by Micheal Paulus on behalf of the patroonPavoniaJC, Bynnelatinized pauw meaning peacockfrom surname of absentee patroon Michiel Reyniersz Pauw, as was common for educated men in Dutch Golden Age to take a Latin nameKill van KullBynnechannel from the ridgefrom kille meaning water channel and col meaning mountain pass or ridgeAchter Kol described the terrain behind, or west, of the Hudson Palisades. Arthur Kill is an anglicisation of achter kill meaning back channel, which would speak to its location behind Staten Island.North RiverIn maritime usage, the Hudson River between Hudson County and Manhattan In relation to another of the great rivers in New Netherland, the Delaware or South River.Steinhauer, Jennifer."F.Y.I",The New York Times, May 15, 1994. Alternatively, the "North" River and "East" River were so named for the direction of travel they permitted once having entered the harbor.Dougherty, Steve. "MY MANHATTAN; Away From the Uproar, Before a Strong Wind", The New York Times, May 31, 2002. Accessed January 17, 2008. "'Because it's the river you sail to go north,' Captain Freitas explained. 'To sail east, to Long Island Sound, you would take the East River.'"TunnelsRobbins ReefBynnerob or robyn meaning sealcollections of seals would sometimes lay on the reef at low tideRoberts, Bruce and Jones, Ray, Lighthouses of New York, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford CT, 2008SuydamJCsouth damonce part of the village of CommunipawStreet
Odonyms Places bearing eponymous names.(Streets with names of US presidents, more than half of whom are honored, are not included.)