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New York

  1. state of the NE U.S.: one of the 13 original states: 47,214 sq mi (122,283 sq km); pop. 18,976,000; cap. Albany: abbrev. NY or N.Y.
  2. city & port in SE N.Y., at the mouth of the Hudson: divided into five boroughs (the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island): 365 sq mi (946 sq km); pop. 8,008,000
    often New York City

Etymology: after the Duke of York and Albany

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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