English Explanatory Dictionary

East River

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A channel in New York City, New York Harbor, at the narrow end of Long Island Sound, separating Manhattan, from Long Island.

Word forms

East River the East River

Etymology

east + river * (New York City): From being a river-like channel lying east of Manhattan (“New York City”)

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