Passaic, a city of New Jersey, on the Passaic River, 11 miles by rail NW. of Jersey City. Besides foundries and print-works, it has manufactories of woollens and shoddy, whips, india-rubber, chemicals, &c. Pop. (1890) 13,028.
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