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Definitions for Kennedy
ˈkɛn ɪ dikennedy

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Kennedy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, President Kennedy, President John F. Kennedynoun

    35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

  2. Kennedy, Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy International Airportnoun

    a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City

Wiktionary

  1. Kennedynoun

    of origin.

  2. Kennedynoun

    of modern American usage.

  3. Etymology: Derived from the Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh, "descendant of Head (ceann) + Ugly (éidigh) ".

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  1. kennedy

    Kennedy is a common surname of Irish origin meaning "ugly or wounded head". It's most often associated with the prominent American political family, which included President John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward "Ted" Kennedy. It's also used as a given name for both boys and girls. Apart from this, the Kennedy Space Center, America's spaceport situated on the east coast of Florida, is well-known.

Wikidata

  1. Kennedy

    Kennedy, or Ciudad Kennedy, is the eighth locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the south-west of the city and is the most populous of all localities being home to 14% of the city's residents.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KENNEDY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kennedy is ranked #146 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kennedy surname appeared 176,865 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 60 would have the surname Kennedy.

    80.8% or 142,942 total occurrences were White.
    13.6% or 24,107 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 4,333 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 3,307 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 1,097 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 1,079 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Kennedy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Kennedy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Kennedy in a Sentence

  1. Konrad Adenauer:

    Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.

  2. Kate Andersen:

    The only modern example that comes to mind is Jackie Kennedy who was pregnant during the campaign. Because she had had difficult pregnancies in the past she did not campaign much in 1960. Though she did magazine photo shoots and interviews when she could.

  3. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

    I mean, Ted Kennedy and Stephen Hayes the journalist and Cat Stevens -- I mean, this is not a list that you can be certain of, if the FBI knows that someone's in our country and they're tracking them, they shouldn't be able to get guns for sure. But the no-fly list is a much broader list. It's not an accurate list to be able to use for restricting gun rights for law-abiding citizens.

  4. Patrick Leahy:

    That was said to President Kennedy, President Johnson, President Nixon, President Ford, President Carter — you see what I'm driving at, the fact is they are there. The fact is, Cuba is still there.

  5. The Journal:

    The commission issued an order requiringPhillipsto cease and desist discriminating against same-sex couples, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed. But the commission violatedPhillips‘ rights, [Supreme CourtJustice Anthony] Kennedy said, because its ‘treatment of his case has some elements of a clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs that motivated his objection.’ Kennedy cited the comments of one commissioner, who said religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, including slavery and the Holocaust….

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