Hawthorne

[ haw-thawrn ]

noun

1. Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
3. a city in NE New Jersey.

Hawthorne

/ ˈhɔːˌθɔːn /

noun

1. Hawthorne Nathaniel18041864MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Nathaniel. 1804–64, US novelist and short-story writer: his works include the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) and the children's stories Tanglewood Tales (1853)

Example Sentences

During a brazen Valentine’s Day heist of an armored truck in Hawthorne, the robber kept his face covered.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bastrop, Texas, company, formerly headquartered in Hawthorne, has completed a 1.7-mile loop under the Las Vegas Convention Center and is building a larger citywide loop — both without federal funding.

From Los Angeles Times

Its chair, Prof Kamila Hawthorne, added that otherwise surgeries would have to look at making redundancies or even potentially closing down, meaning patients would "bear the brunt" of the tax hike.

From BBC

Both programs face stiff competition from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which recently announced it was moving its headquarters from Hawthorne to Brownsville, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times

The woman by the railroad track had agreed to go into one of the city’s tiny homes, but then she disappeared, probably moving closer to her roots in Hawthorne, Omura thought.

From Los Angeles Times