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New York Definition

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

Etymology: after the Duke of York and Albany

New York Synonyms

New York

n.

  1. Manhattan, Greater New York, Metropolitan New York, the City, the Big City*, Town*, the Big Apple*, Gotham*, the Garment Capital*, Metropolis of America*, Wall Street*, Financial Capital of the World*; see also city.

    The boroughs of New York City are: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island.

  2. Sections of New York City include: Harlem, Soho, East Side, West Side, Midtown, Little Italy, Tribeca, Greenwich Village, East Village, Bowery, Chinatown, the Battery, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, Wall Street, Times Square, Broadway, Theater District, Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, Far Rockaway.