Hoboken

[ hoh-boh-kuhn ]

noun

1. a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.

Hoboken

/ ˈhəʊbəʊkən /

noun

1. a city in N Belgium, in Antwerp province, on the River Scheldt. Pop: 33 476 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

In order to win, Bhalla would have needed a strong showing in Hudson County, which comprises most of the votes in the district and includes his base, Hoboken, the county’s fourth-largest municipality.

From Seattle Times

Menendez’s son, first-term Rep. Rob Menendez, is facing a tough primary challenge in New Jersey’s 8th District from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla.

From Seattle Times

In northern New Jersey’s 8th District, incumbent Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez — the senator’s son — is seeking reelection against Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, who’s tried to tie Rob Menendez to his father.

From Seattle Times

As the son campaigns in New Jersey’s Eighth Congressional District, which contains swaths of Hoboken and Jersey City, his father has been generating headlines on the other side of the Hudson River, in Manhattan, where he is on trial for the second time, accused of accepting bribes.

From New York Times

The congressman’s chief rival is Ravi Bhalla, the mayor of Hoboken, who has tried to shape the primary into a referendum on patronage, corruption and the corrosive influence of machine politics.

From New York Times