the Bronx

Variant of Bronx

Bronx definition

Bronx (bräŋks)

northernmost borough of New York City, between the Harlem River & Long Island Sound: pop. 1,333,000
usually called the Bronx

Etymology: after Jonas Bronck, early N.Y. settler

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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