Hempstead
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A village in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6338).
A settlement in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7864).
A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1037).
A hamlet in Lessingham parish, North Norfolk, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4028).
A town and village in Nassau County, New York, United States.
A city, the county seat of Waller County, Texas, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgPhrases with the word
Examples
About 1787, a new Queens County Courthouse was erected (and later completed) in the new Town of North Hempstead, near present-day Mineola (now in Nassau County), known then as Clowesville.
As he prospered, Bonanno bought property in Hempstead, Long Island and moved his family out of Brooklyn.
Basildon and Harlow (Essex), with Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire), were main New Towns in the 1950s and 1960s, with much industry found there; three on these are on main motorways, and fairly equidistant from London.
Hempstead County caucus chairmen, cherishing their independent status, struck out the Democratic pledge contained in the caucus statement delegates were required to sign.
Added Councilman D’Esposito, “The Town of Hempstead will not tolerate anti-Semitism and hate speech, and I am proud to partner with Supervisor Santino and Councilman Blakeman to stand up for our communities.”
Dr Sohail Karim, a director at Hempstead Pharmacy in Gillingham, says the practice had been buckling under the strain of "excessive demand" for prescriptions.