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Hud·son | \ ˈhəd-sən 
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Henry died 1611 English navigator and explorer
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Manley Ottmer 1886–1960 American jurist
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W(illiam) H(enry) 1841–1922 English naturalist and writer
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geographical nameHud·son | \ ˈhəd-sən \
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1 river 306 miles (492 kilometers) long in eastern New York flowing from the Adirondack Mountains south into New York Bay between New Jersey and New York City
2 town across the Merrimack River from Nashua in southern New Hampshire population 24,467
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Hudsonian \ ˌhəd-ˈsō-nē-ən \ adjective
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