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Jersey City

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What does Jersey City mean?

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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The party crossed the Hudson in the Jersey City ferryboat, and drove in a carriage to the St. Nicholas Hotel, on Broadway.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
He had got into Jersey City on an early train, and a red, windy sunrise over the North River had given him a good appetite.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
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Within the Jersey City shed The engine coughs and shakes its head, The smoke, a plume of red and white, Waves madly in the face of night.
Joyce KilmerTrees, and Other PoemsProject Gutenberg ebook #263