Jackson

English

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Jackson

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Alternative forms

• Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon

Etymology

From Jack +‎ -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæksən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æksən

Proper noun

Jackson (countable and uncountable, plural Jacksons)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   1. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829–1837).
   2. Michael Jackson, singer and entertainer (1958–2009).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2004, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories, →ISBN, page 158:

     Francis was named for his mother's father and Jackson himself was named for his father's mother. Not that his grandmother was called Jackson, of course - it was a maiden name (Margaret Jackson) and it was a Scottish tradition, his father informed him.

3. A placename:
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. The capital city of Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.
      2. A city in Alabama.
      3. A city, the county seat of Amador County, California.
      4. A city, the county seat of Butts County, Georgia.
      5. An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
      7. A city, the county seat of Breathitt County, Kentucky.
      8. A town in Louisiana.
      9. A town in Maine.
      10. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Michigan.
      11. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Minnesota.
      12. A city, the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
      13. An unincorporated community in Beaverhead County, Montana.
      14. A village in Nebraska.
      15. A town in New Hampshire.
      16. A town in New York.
      17. A town, the county seat of Northampton County, North Carolina.
      18. An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina, named after Andrew Jackson.
      19. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio.
      20. An unincorporated community and township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
      21. A town in South Carolina.
      22. A city, the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee.
      23. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
      24. Several places in Wisconsin:
          1. A town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
          2. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
          3. A town in Washington County, Wisconsin.
          4. A village in Washington County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the town.
      25. A town, the county seat of Teton County, Wyoming.
      26. Many townships in the United States, listed under Jackson Township.
      27. Ellipsis of Jackson County.
   2. A town in Queensland, Australia.

Derived terms

• Jackson County
• Jackson derivative
• Jacksonesque
• Jackson Haines spin
• Jackson Hole
• Jacksonian
• Jackson integral
• Jacksonite
• Jackson Township
• Jacksonville
• Jackson-Weiss syndrome
• Jefferson-Jackson dinner
• Port Jackson
• Port Jackson pine

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Jacksonaster

Translations

transliterations of the surname

Arabic: جَاكْسُون m (jāksūn) Belarusian: Джэ́ксан m (Džéksan) Bulgarian: Джаксън m (Džaksǎn) Burmese: ဂျက်ဆင် (gyakhcang) Chinese: Cantonese: 積遜 / 积逊 (zik1 seon3) Mandarin: 傑克遜 / 杰克逊 (zh) (Jiékèxùn), 傑克森 / 杰克森 (zh) (Jiékèsēn) (Taiwan) Danish: Jackson Georgian: ჯექსონი (ǯeksoni) Greek: Τζάκσον (el) (Tzákson) Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן m (jékson) Hindi: जैक्सन (jaiksan) Japanese: ジャクソン (Jakuson) Korean: 잭슨 (Jaekseun) Latvian: Džeksons m, Džeksona f Macedonian: Џексон m (Džekson) Marathi: जॅक्सन (jĕksan) Persian: جکسون (fa) (jakson) Russian: Дже́ксон (ru) m (Džékson) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Џексон m Roman: Džekson m Thai: แจ็กสัน (jàeksăn) Ukrainian: Дже́ксон m (Džékson) Uyghur: جېكسون (jëkson) Vietnamese: Jackson, Giắc-xơn

cognates of the surname — see Johnson

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jackson is the 19^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 708,099 people. Jackson is most common among black (53.0%) and white (39.9%) people.

Noun

Jackson (plural Jacksons)

1. (US) A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD (from the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on the bill).

   Synonym: Andrew Jackson

   • 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks:

     She looked at me with that familiar desire
     Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
     She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
     But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,
     So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
     Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."

2. A member of The Jackson 5.

See also

U.S. currency bills

• Benjamin
• dead president
• Franklin
• Hamilton
• Lincoln
• Washington

Further reading

• “Jackson”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Jackson”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Jackson”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Jackson”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Jackson”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• konjacs

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From English Jackson.

Proper noun

Jackson

1. a male given name from English

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jackson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒak.sɔn/

Proper noun

Jackson m or f

1. a surname from English
2. A placename.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛkson]
• Hyphenation: Jack‧son
• Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Jackson

1. Jackson

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jackson	Jacksonok
accusative	Jacksont	Jacksonokat
dative	Jacksonnak	Jacksonoknak
instrumental	Jacksonnal	Jacksonokkal
causal-final	Jacksonért	Jacksonokért
translative	Jacksonná	Jacksonokká
terminative	Jacksonig	Jacksonokig
essive-formal	Jacksonként	Jacksonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Jacksonban	Jacksonokban
superessive	Jacksonon	Jacksonokon
adessive	Jacksonnál	Jacksonoknál
illative	Jacksonba	Jacksonokba
sublative	Jacksonra	Jacksonokra
allative	Jacksonhoz	Jacksonokhoz
elative	Jacksonból	Jacksonokból
delative	Jacksonról	Jacksonokról
ablative	Jacksontól	Jacksonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Jacksoné	Jacksonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Jacksonéi	Jacksonokéi

Possessive forms of Jackson

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Jacksonom	Jacksonjaim
2nd person sing.	Jacksonod	Jacksonjaid
3rd person sing.	Jacksonja	Jacksonjai
1st person plural	Jacksonunk	Jacksonjaink
2nd person plural	Jacksonotok	Jacksonjaitok
3rd person plural	Jacksonjuk	Jacksonjaik