WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Paterson
    n 1: American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a
         member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806) [syn:
         Paterson, William Patterson]
    2: a city of northeastern New Jersey

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paterson, NJ -- U.S. city in New Jersey
   Population (2000):    149222
   Housing Units (2000): 47169
   Land area (2000):     8.442373 sq. miles (21.865645 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.291497 sq. miles (0.754974 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    8.733870 sq. miles (22.620619 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            57000
   Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
   Location:             40.915498 N, 74.162927 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     07501 07502 07503 07504 07505 07513
                         07514 07522 07524
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Paterson, NJ
    Paterson