Dubuque

  

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Dubuque

Definition: Dubuque

Dubuque

Noun

1. A town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Dubuque" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)


Modern Usage: Dubuque

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Screenplays

Brooklyn? Marce, this isn't even Dubuque! (The Music Man; writing credit: Meredith Willson; Franklin Lacey)

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Specialty Definition: Dubuque, Iowa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Dubuque is a city located in Dubuque County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 57,686. It is the county seat of Dubuque County6.

A farm near Dubuque, Iowa

Geography


Dubuque is located at 42°30'16" North, 90°41'13" West (42.504321, -90.686865)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 71.8 km² (27.7 mi²). 68.6 km² (26.5 mi²) of it is land and 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.44% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 57,686 people, 22,560 households, and 14,303 families residing in the city. The population density is 841.1/km² (2,178.2/mi²). There are 23,819 housing units at an average density of 347.3/km² (899.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.15% White, 1.21% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.69% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 22,560 households out of which 30.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% are married couples living together, 10.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% are non-families. 31.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.99. In the city the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $36,785, and the median income for a family is $46,564. Males have a median income of $31,543 versus $22,565 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,616. 9.5% of the population and 5.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.3% are under the age of 18 and 12.5% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dubuque, Iowa."

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Commercial Usage: Dubuque

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Books

  • Themes and Variations for a Christian Doxology: Being the Clinton Lectures, Delivered Spring Semester, 1989, University of Dubuque Theological Semin (reference)

  • Room at the Inn Galena: Guide to Historic B&B and Inns Close to Galena and Dubuque (reference)

  • Ghosts of the Mississippi River: Dubuque to Keokuk (reference)

  • Luxembourgers in the new world : a reedition based on the work of Nicholas Gonner "Die Luxemburger in der Neuen Welt", Dubuque, Iowa, 1889 : published with a complete index (reference)

  • The Old Lady in Dubuque and her Neighbors: A Reminiscent Exchange (reference)

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Photo Album: Dubuque

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Dubuque, IA. Credit: USDA.

Strip cropping corn in Dubuque County, IA. Credit: USDA.

United States sailors from gunboat Dubuque carrying the body of James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence ... in connection with public burial in Philadelphia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Composite showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Kate Shelley, fountain dedicated to her in Dubuque, Iowa; her home; medals awarded to her; Des Moines River bridge; and railroad disaster of July 6, 1881. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Dubuque. Credit: Library of Congress.

S.S. Dubuque. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiting for the train to Minneapolis, East Dubuque, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Burlington Zephyr. East Dubuque, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Maizwood Product Corporation, Dubuque, Iowa. Close-up of saws. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dubuque, IA from court house. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Name Usage Frequency: Dubuque

The following table summarizes the usage of "Dubuque" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
DubuqueLast name1,00018,735
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Dubuque


1. Dubuque, IA (city, FIPS 22395)
Location: 42.50450 N, 90.69001 W
Population (1990): 57546 (22377 housing units)
Area: 59.7 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 52001, 52002, 52003
Country: USA

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Expressions: Dubuque

Expressions using "Dubuque": Dubuque County ♦ East Dubuque. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dubuque

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dubuque iowa

1,234

archdiocese dubuque

13

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245

dubuque job

13

university of dubuque

107

community district dubuque school

11

dubuque telegraph herald

100

chamber commerce dubuque iowa

11

dubuque hotel

43

dubuque school

11

dubuque bank and trust

33

dubuque senior high school

10

access dubuque

28

dubuque spirit

10

east dubuque illinois

27

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10

dubuque newspaper

26

dubuque iowa and real estate

10

dubuque humane society

24

dubuque herald iowa telegraph

9

uss dubuque

22

bank dubuque

9

county dubuque fair

22

east dubuque

9

city of dubuque

20

dubuque grand harbor

9

dubuque greyhound park

20

casino dubuque

9

dubuque iowa hotel

18

associate dubuque medical

8

chamber commerce dubuque

17

dubuque iowa weather

8

dubuque park water

17

dubuque ia hotel

8

dubuque weather

16

dubuque county

8

community dubuque school

16

hotel in dubuque iowa

8

dubuque iowa newspaper

15

dubuque telegraph

8
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Misspellings: Dubuque

Misspellings

"Dubuque" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deuqua, Duboc, Duboule, Dubuc. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Dubuque

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-q-u-u-u"

-3 letters: bedu.

-4 letters: bed, bud, deb, dub, due.

-5 letters: be, de, ed.

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Alternative Orthography: Dubuque


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 75 62 75 71 75 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01110101 01100010 01110101 01110001 01110101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#117 &#98 &#117 &#113 &#117 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0075 0062 0075 0071 0075 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38876887838771

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow 		5. Images: Photo Album
6. Names: Frequency
7. Cities
8. Expressions 		9. Expressions: Internet
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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