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Hackberry

Definitions: Hackberry

Hackberry

Noun

1. Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits.

2. Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States.

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

Synonyms: Hackberry

Synonyms: nettle tree (n), sugarberry (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Hackberry, Louisiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hackberry is a town located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,699.

Geography


Hackberry is located at 29°59'11" North, 93°23'50" West (29.986485, -93.397190)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 242.7 km² (93.7 mi²). 213.0 km² (82.2 mi²) of it is land and 29.6 km² (11.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 12.21% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,699 people, 626 households, and 458 families residing in the town. The population density is 8.0/km² (20.7/mi²). There are 818 housing units at an average density of 3.8/km² (9.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.53% White, 0.47% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. 1.12% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 626 households out of which 34.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% are non-families. 22.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.71 and the average family size is 3.21. In the town the population is spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $37,366, and the median income for a family is $51,780. Males have a median income of $36,719 versus $25,192 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,332. 9.2% of the population and 3.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.5% are under the age of 18 and 4.4% are 65 or older.



Hackberry, Texas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hackberry is a town located in Denton County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 544.

Geography


Hackberry is located at 33°9'0" North, 96°55'7" West (33.150134, -96.918702)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 544 people, 154 households, and 133 families residing in the town. The population density is 389.0/km² (1,012.9/mi²). There are 162 housing units at an average density of 115.8/km² (301.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 62.50% White, 1.47% African American, 0.37% Native American, 1.10% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 31.07% from other races, and 3.49% from two or more races. 45.40% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 154 households out of which 50.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% are married couples living together, 9.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% are non-families. 10.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.53 and the average family size is 3.75. In the town the population is spread out with 37.5% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 15.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 29 years. For every 100 females there are 124.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 113.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $40,000, and the median income for a family is $41,563. Males have a median income of $28,854 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,427. 9.4% of the population and 10.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.9% are under the age of 18 and 10.7% 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 "Hackberry, Louisiana."

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Crosswords: Hackberry

English words defined with "hackberry": American hackberry ♦ European hackberry ♦ Mediterranean hackberry ♦ Sugar berry. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hackberry": 70645. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hackberry

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Image Slideshow: Hackberry

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Photo Album: Hackberry

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Observer Atridge at Station Hackberry Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Cities: Hackberry


1. Hackberry, LA (CDP, FIPS 32405)
Location: 29.96828 N, 93.43384 W
Population (1990): 1664 (774 housing units)
Area: 213.0 sq km (land), 29.6 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 70645
Country: USA

2. Hackberry, TX (town, FIPS 31715)
Location: 33.15001 N, 96.91843 W
Population (1990): 200 (92 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Hackberry

Expressions using "hackberry": american hackberry ♦ european hackberry ♦ mediterranean hackberry. Additional references.

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Modern Translations: Hackberry

Language Translations for "hackberry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

naeldetrae (western hackberry). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zwepenboom (western hackberry), westerse netelboom (western hackberry). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

amerikankeltis (western hackberry). (various references)

   

French

  

micocoulier occidental (western hackberry), Celtis aetnensis. (various references)

   

German

  

Hackberry (western hackberry), nordamerikanischer Zuergelbaum (western hackberry), abendlaendischer Zuergelbaum (western hackberry). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

είδος μούρου, Celtis aetnensis. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

'ו"'" ית (cherry). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Celtis dell'Etna, bagolaro occidentale (western hackberry). (various references)

   

Papago

  

kohm. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackberryhay.(various references)

   

Swedish

  

bäralm (western hackberry). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hackberry

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Celtis aetnensis, CELTIS IGUANAEUS, Celtis occidentalis. (various references)

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Misspellings: Hackberry

Misspellings

"Hackberry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hackery. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Hackberry"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hackberry" (pronounced ha"kbe'rē)
6-a" k b e' r ēBlackberry.
4-b e' r ēblueberry, cranberry, Dewberry, Dogberry, gooseberry, Huckleberry, mulberry, raspberry, strawberry, Tilbury.
3-e' r ēactuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, bicentenary, budgetary, capillary, cardiopulmonary, Cassowary, cautionary, cemetery, centenary, cometary, commentary, commissary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, coronary, counterrevolutionary, culinary, customary, deflationary, depositary, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, functionary, funerary, hereditary, honorary, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, luminary, mercenary, military, missionary, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, necessary, noninflationary, nonmilitary, obituary, ordinary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, preliminary, primary, probationary, proprietary, pulmonary, quaternary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, seminary, solitary, stationary, stationery, statuary, subsidiary, temporary, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, urinary, veterinary, visionary, vocabulary.

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Anagrams: Hackberry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-k-r-r-y"

-2 letters: archery.

-3 letters: archer, backer, bakery, barker, beachy, bracer, brayer, breach, charry, cherry, creaky, hacker, racker, rerack.

-4 letters: acerb, baker, barer, barky, barre, barye, beach, beaky, berry, brace, brach, brake, braky, break, caber, cakey, carer, carry, chare, chark, charr, chary, crake, creak, hacek, harry, hayer, herby, herry, kebar, kerry, racer, raker, reach, rebar, rehab, yarer, yerba.

-5 letters: abye, ache, achy, acre, aery, arch, bach, back, bake, bare, bark, beak, bear, beck, brae, bray, byre, cake, caky, carb, care, cark, carr, char, chay, crab, each, eyra, hack, hake, hare, hark, hear, heck, herb, kbar, kerb, kyar, race, rack, racy, rake, rare, rear, reck, rhea, ryke, yack, yare, yeah, year, yech, yerk.

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Alternative Orthography: Hackberry


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

48 61 63 6B 62 65 72 72 79

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)

....    .-    -.-.    -.-    -...    .    .-.    .-.    -.--.

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

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

01001000 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#98 &#101 &#114 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0063 006B 0062 0065 0072 0072 0079

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

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

426769776871848491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Cities
8. Expressions 		9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes 		13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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