Definitions for hershey
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hershey, Milton Snavely Hersheynoun

   United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)

2. Hersheynoun

   an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg

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1. hershey

   Hershey is primarily associated with The Hershey Company, an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894, the company produces a variety of candies, sweets, and confectionery products including the renowned Hershey's chocolate bar. Hershey is also the name of a town in Pennsylvania, known as the home of The Hershey Company, and featuring many attractions like Hersheypark and the Hershey's Chocolate World.

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1. Hershey

   Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Hershey's chocolates are made in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality and all municipal services are provided by Derry Township. The population was 14,257 at the 2010 census. It is popularly called "Chocolatetown, USA." Hershey is also referred to as "The Sweetest Place on Earth."

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1. HERSHEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hershey is ranked #5623 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hershey surname appeared 6,182 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hershey.
   
   95.1% or 5,881 total occurrences were White.
   1.4% or 92 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 71 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 70 total occurrences were Black.
   0.6% or 39 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Confectioner
   • Philanthropist
   • Town

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1918","1"],["1929","2"],["1930","1"],["1932","3"],["1935","2"],["1941","1"],["1944","1"],["1949","1"],["1950","1"],["1951","1"],["1952","1"],["1953","1"],["1954","4"],["1955","2"],["1956","3"],["1957","4"],["1958","2"],["1959","2"],["1960","1"],["1962","2"],["1963","7"],["1964","5"],["1965","9"],["1966","8"],["1967","14"],["1968","8"],["1969","16"],["1970","7"],["1971","24"],["1972","10"],["1973","20"],["1974","9"],["1975","2"],["1976","9"],["1977","13"],["1978","8"],["1979","1"],["1980","4"],["1981","5"],["1982","4"],["1983","4"],["1984","10"],["1985","5"],["1986","3"],["1987","8"],["1988","7"],["1989","3"],["1990","6"],["1991","10"],["1992","15"],["1993","14"],["1994","23"],["1995","31"],["1996","9"],["1997","7"],["1998","12"],["1999","27"],["2000","10"],["2001","28"],["2002","14"],["2003","16"],["2004","27"],["2005","42"],["2006","32"],["2007","23"],["2008","46"]]

How to pronounce hershey?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hershey in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hershey in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hershey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hershey in a Sentence

1. Kevin Dietsch/Getty:

   In a Hershey and Hallmark world, 30 days would be great.

2. Jeff Beckman:

   It is important for Hershey to protect its trademark rights and to prevent consumers from being confused or misled when they see a product name or product package that is confusingly similar to a Hershey name or trade dress, hershey has always vigorously protected its brands and will continue to do so whenever we believe that others have infringed on these valuable intellectual assets.

3. Robert Sitkoff:

   What's wrong with Hershey Co. is that it has a breathtaking concentration in the stock of a single company.

4. Tom Hanks:

   They have had the man in their life represented in so many different ways from, you know, with the familiarity of a Hershey's bar or Coca-Cola bottle to ways that I think really didn't do the man service or his artistry.

5. Nicky Perry:

   You know what’s behind it [the lawsuit] right? hershey’s doesn’t want people to eat Cadbury’s, because Cadbury’s is so much better, people aren’t going to be buying their filth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hershey
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hershey
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hershey