English Explanatory Dictionary

New York

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey in addition to Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
  2. A state of the United States.
  3. New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan.
  4. A former colony of England, from 1664 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which became the US state of the same name.
  5. A settlement in Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (co-ordinates: 48°19′55″N 37°50′11″E).
  6. A few places in England:
  7. A village in Wildmore parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2455).
  8. A settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1962).
  9. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4292).
  10. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3270).

Pronunciation

/ˌnjuː ˈjɔːk/ /(ˌ)n(j)u ˈjɔɹk/ en-us-New York.ogg /ˌnu ˈjɔək/ en-us-New York-2.ogg /ˌnu ˈjoək/ [ˌnʊu̯ ˈjɔo̯k]

Word forms

New York New-York

Etymology

From New + York. The name was chosen in honor of James, Duke of York, the original proprietor of the Province of New York.

Synonyms

Big Apple City of New York New Amsterdam New York City NY NYC NY, NY Gotham the Empire State New York State NYS State of New York Borough of Manhattan Manhattan Province of New York Niu-York Novhorodske

Related words

Brooklyn Kings County Manhattan Queens Queens County Staten Island The Bronx Wall Street

Derived words

East New York Jew York New York aster New York bat New York bee killer New York breakfast New York carpenter ant New York City New York compression New York County New York English New Yorker New Yorkeress New Yorkese New York fern New York Harbor New-Yorkian New Yorkian New York ironweed New Yorkish New York long-tailed weasel New York minute New York mountains cryptantha New York reedgrass New York reload New York scalewort (Frullania eboracensis New York second New York snowball New York State New York stone New York strip New York-style pizza New York System New York weevil New Yorky Nuyorican NY NYSE West New York Yorker

Translations

Bulgarian: Ню Йорк Galician: Nova York Marathi: न्यू यॉर्क
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