Dickens

Dickens
Dickens, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 202
Housing Units (2000): 83
Land area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21360
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.130811 N, 95.020685 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51333
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dickens, IA
Dickens
Dickens, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 332
Housing Units (2000): 163
Land area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20332
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.621341 N, 100.834987 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79229
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dickens, TX
Dickens

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  • DICKENS (C.) — Charles Dickens est, avec Shakespeare et Emily Brontë, l’un des très rares écrivains anglais qui jouissent d’une véritable popularité en France. Dans son pays natal, après avoit été adulé de son vivant, il connut l’inévitable éclipse qui suit… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Dickens — ist der Name folgender Personen: Arthur Geoffrey Dickens (1910–2001), englischer Historiker Bill Dickens (* 1958), US amerikanischer Bassist, Songwriter und Musikproduzent Charles Dickens (1812–1870), englischer Schriftsteller Christopher Dickens …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dickens —   [ dɪkɪnz],    1) Charles, englischer Schriftsteller, * Portsmouth 7. 2. 1812, ✝ Gadshill Place (bei Rochester) 9. 6. 1870. Dickens stammte aus ärmlichen, aber bürgerlichen Verhältnissen. Er wurde 1827 Schreiber bei einem Rechtsanwalt, 1829… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Dickens, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 202 Housing Units (2000): 83 Land area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Dickens, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 332 Housing Units (2000): 163 Land area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Dickens — Dick ens, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.] The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.] [1913 Webster] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dickens — exclamation, 1590s, apparently a substitute for devil; probably altered from Dickon, nickname for RICHARD (Cf. Richard) and source of the surnames Dickens and Dickenson, but exact derivation and meaning are unknown …   Etymology dictionary

  • dickens — ► NOUN informal ▪ used to express annoyance or surprise when asking questions: what the dickens is going on? ORIGIN a euphemism for «devil» …   English terms dictionary

  • dickens — [dik′ənz] n. [prob. < Dickon, nickname for RICHARD1] [Old Brit. Slang] devil; deuce: used, with the, only in interjectional phrases, as a mild oath or exclamation of annoyance, surprise, or frustration [what the dickens is that about?] …   English World dictionary

  • Dickens — Dickens, Charles (pseudonym Boz), geb. 7. Febr. 1812 in Portsmouth, wurde in London u. Chatham erzogen u. trat als Gehülfe bei einem Advocaten in London in Dienste. Durch Selbstudium suchte er seine Kenntnisse zu erweitern u. sich eine tiefere… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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