Sandy Hook

English

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.

Proper noun

Sandy Hook

  1. A spit (landform) on the coast of New Jersey, United States.
  2. A village in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
    1. (metonymic) The school shooting that took place there on December 14, 2012.
      • 2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 September 2022:
        The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.”
  3. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.
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