Definitions for eastland
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1. eastland

   SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.After the disaster, Eastland was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications, Eastland was designated a gunboat and renamed USS Wilmette. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes, and was scrapped after World War II.

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1. EASTLAND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Eastland is ranked #19955 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Eastland surname appeared 1,344 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Eastland.
   
   71.9% or 967 total occurrences were White.
   21.8% or 294 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 42 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eastland in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eastland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of eastland in a Sentence

1. Bayard Rustin:

   When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous--a man who brutalizes people. But *you* love him or you wouldn't be here. You're going to Mississippi to create social change--and you love Eastland in your desire to create conditions which will redeem his children. Loving your enemy is manifest in putting your arms not around the man but around the social situation, to take power from those who misuse it--at which point they can become human too.

2. Vice President Biden:

   And we had to put up with the likes of like Jim Eastland and Hermy Talmadge and all those segregationists and all of that. And the fact of the matter is that we were able to do it because we were able to win -- we were able to beat them on everything they stood for, we in fact detested what they stood for in terms of segregation and all the rest.

3. Kate Bedingfield:

   The story the vice president was telling was about how awful the segregationist views of Jim Eastland and Herman Talmadge were, the entire point of the story was that they held views that were repugnant to him and that was reflected in the way they talked.

4. Joe Biden:

   I was in a caucus with James Eastland. James Eastland never called me' boy,' James Eastland always called me' son,' well, guess what ? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished.

5. Vice President Biden:

   I was in a caucus with Jim Eastland. Jim Eastland never called me' boy,' Jim Eastland always called me' son,' well, guess what ? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html