Hibbing

American  

[hib-ing] / ˈhɪb ɪŋ /

noun

1. a town in NE Minnesota: iron mining.

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Example Sentences

Bob Dylan wrote several songs about his hometown of Hibbing, Minn., which was moved from 1919 to 1921 to accommodate the Hull-Rust-Mahoning open-pit iron mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Other memorial merchandise was available, with all profits being donated to the 'Love for Hibbing & Hockey Memorial Fund', which was established to support charitable causes in Johnson's hometown area of Hibbing, Minnesota.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

“Dylan crashed with me for a few weeks in Madison on his way from Hibbing, Minnesota, to New York,” Mr. Kalb told AM New York in 2013.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

Dylan, a native of Hibbing, Minnesota, wrote the letters to Barbara Ann Hewitt between 1957 and 1959 when he was still known as Bob Zimmerman.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2022

Virginia and Hibbing could do nothing better than make such use of the rocky, mine-scarred hills in their vicinity.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.