English Explanatory Dictionary

Free City of Tri-Insula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A proposed city-state comprising Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island, put forward on January 6th, 1861, by the mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood, shortly before the beginning of the American Civil War.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹiː ˌsɪti əv tɹaɪˈɪnsjuːlə/ /ˈfɹi ˌsɪti əv tɹaɪˈɪns(j)ulə/ [-ɾi-] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Free City of Tri-Insula.wav

Word forms

Free City of Tri-Insula the Free City of Tri-Insula

Etymology

From free city (“city characterized by relative autonomy”) + of + a learned borrowing from Latin tri- (combining form of trēs (“three”)) + īnsula (“island”), coined by the 76th mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood (1812–1881), in 1861.

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