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Hackney

a parish of Middlesex, England, now forming a suburb of Lon- , now forming a suburb of London, and 3 miles N. N. E. of St. Paul's.

It was at one time a favorite suburban residence of London citizens. In its earlier and fashionable days it is by some said to have given its name to coaches. See CABS.

HACO (hā kō) V., surnamed the Old, King of Norway. He acceded to the throne in 1217, and during his reign Greenland and Iceland were added to Norway . On his way home from Scotland, where he had fought the battle of Largs against Alexander III., he died in the Orkneys, about 1263.

See NORWAY.

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