Hominy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hominy \Hom"i*ny\, n. [From North American Indian auh['u]minea
     parched corn.]
     Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being
     boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also {homony}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hominy
       n : hulled corn with the bran and germ removed

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hominy, OK (city, FIPS 35850)
    Location: 36.42107 N, 96.39326 W
    Population (1990): 2342 (1206 housing units)
    Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 74035

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Hominy, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    2584
     Housing Units (2000): 1208
     Land area (2000):     1.980150 sq. miles (5.128565 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.001258 sq. miles (0.003258 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.981408 sq. miles (5.131823 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            35850
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             36.417141 N, 96.393423 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     74035
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Hominy, OK
      Hominy