Hudson

From Hudd +‎ -son.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌdsən/

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Hudson (countable and uncountable, plural Hudsons)

1. (countable) An English surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename
   1. A town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; named for Argentine-English author William Henry Hudson.
   2. A city in Quebec, Canada, an off-island suburb of Montreal.
   3. A township in Ontario, Canada.
   4. A river in the United States, flowing from Lake Tear of the Clouds in Keene, New York into the Upper New York Bay at New York City; named for English explorer Henry Hudson.
   5. A town in New Hampshire, United States.
   6. A city in Summit County, Ohio; named for businessman and founder David Hudson.
   7. A town in Massachusetts, United States; named for Massachusetts statesman Charles Hudson.
   8. A city, the county seat of St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States; named for the river.
   9. A census-designated place in Florida; named for founder Isaac Hudson.
   10. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, New York, United States; named for the river.
   11. A city in Texas, United States.
   12. A town in Colorado, United States; named for its town company, Hudson City Land and Improvement Co..
   13. A town in North Carolina, United States; named for early settlers Monroe and Johnny Hudson.
   14. A city in Michigan, United States; named for landowner Dr. Daniel Hudson.
   15. A city in Iowa, United States.
   16. A village in Illinois, United States; named for the river.
   17. A town in Maine, United States; named for the town in Massachusetts.
   18. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
   19. A town in Indiana, United States.
   20. A town in Wyoming, United States; named for landowner John T. Hudson.
   21. A town in South Dakota, United States; named for the city in Iowa.
   22. A city in Kansas, United States.
   23. An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States; named for Henry Hudson.
4. Hudson Motor Car Company, a defunct American automobile company.

Hudson (plural Hudsons)

1. An automobile manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.
2. (rail transport, US, Canada) A steam locomotive of the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.
   • 1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 613:

     The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!

• Duhons, Hudons, hounds, hundos, unshod

From English Hudson.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑdson/, [ˈhɑ̝ds̠o̞n]

Hudson

1. Hudson (a river in the United States)

• Hudsonjoki

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.son/, /ˈat.t͡son/^[1]
• Rhymes: -adson, -attson

Hudson m

1. Hudson (a river in the United States)