Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jacksons population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippis population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi.
Founded in 1821 as the site for a new state capital, the city is named after General Andrew Jackson, who was honored for his role in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later served as U.S. president. Following the nearby Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union forces under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman began the siege of Jackson and the city was subsequently burned.During the 1920s, Jackson surpassed Meridian to become the most populous city in the state following a speculative natural gas boom in the region. The current slogan for the city is The City with Soul. It has had numerous musicians prominent in blues, gospel, folk, and jazz. The city is located in the deep south halfway between Memphis and New Orleans on Interstate 55 and Dallas and Atlanta on Interstate 20. Being at this location has given the city the nickname the crossroads of the south.
The city has a number of museums and cultural institutions, including the Mississippi Childrens Museum, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, Old Capital Museum, Museum of Mississippi History. Other notable locations are the Mississippi Coliseum and the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, home of the Jackson State Tigers Football Team.
The Jackson metropolitan statistical area is the states second largest metropolitan area overall, due to four counties in northern Mississippi being part of the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. In 2020, the Jackson metropolitan area held a GDP of 30 billion dollars, accounting for 29% of the states total GDP of 104.1 billion dollars.
Bohunk
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Bohunk originates as a slang/derogatory term directed specifically at those of Bohemian descent. Bohemians are from the region now known as The Czech Republic.
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Originally a rather offensive racial slur describing those of Bohemian descent, now bohunk can refer to most any Catholic Slavic immigrant (though its still offensive).
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In western Canada bohunks are Ukranians
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a derogative term used in the USA for Hungarians and Czechs. Im Hungarian and it doesnt offend me.
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My grandfather came here from Bohemia just after 1900. He use that word frequently when I was a kid. Apparently, the term has been in use for a long time.
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White trash. Originally Eastern-European immigrants from BOhemian (Czech Republic) and HUNGarian.
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A nasty term of derision for Eastern European Caucasians. Sort of Like Nigger is to African Americans or Canadians.
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slang term for one from Bohemia.
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I am of Bohemian heritage and grew up in Milwaukee WI. Lots of Germans in Milwaukee with all the breweries. High born Germans, who owned much of the city, could be very derogatory to the Central European nationalities. Even low born Germans made comments in my neighborhood. We had so many different CEs living on a 6 block parameter, we had to be careful which bar we walked into alone. Pool stick bar fights could break out easy enough. With a bar/tap on pretty much each corner of the blocks, there was no problem claiming one for your own. They had great names too. Not just the factory beer On Tap sign. We would identify them by the nationality and knew others called us the bohunk tap. There was the kraut tap, the polack etc..
Like other in groups, wed call each other bohunks. That was ok, but if you aint one, youd get pounded. Racist stuff certainly, but back in the day when youve got nothing but dead end blue collar jobs working for the meat packers, tool and die factories or the rough and ready smelting business down in what we called Pig Town, a cold one or 10 each with a sidecar at the end of the day was the way it went. You had to blame someone for your misery.
Still does, which I why I got out.Bohunk meaning & definition 9 of Bohunk.
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A [Bohunk] is the same thing as a [bohemian], the bohemians come from the area of [Czechoslovakia] and are very much German. More or less they are a form of German there are Bohunks and Dragens, etc. I dont know much about the Dragens otherwise. They are influenced some by surrounding areas such as Austria.
By the way we are not hippies were very much different to be quite exact. Im not saying we hate trees and the earth and life itself or anything but we arent necessarily planning a huge save the world campaign!Bohunk meaning & definition 10 of Bohunk.
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An immigrant from central or south-eastern Europe, especially a laborer.
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@lanell wtf is a high born german? Another jew burner with his own oven?
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