Definition of Bronx

1. Noun. A borough of New York City.

Generic synonyms: Borough
Group relationships: Greater New York, New York, New York City

Definition of Bronx

1. Proper noun. A borough of New York City. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronx

Bromus japonicus
Bromus secalinus
Bromus tectorum
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
Bronislaw Malinowski
Bronsted-Lowry acid
Bronsted-Lowry base
Bronsted-Lowry bases
Bronsted acid
Bronsted base
Bronsted theory
Bronte
Brontean
Brontë
Bronwyn
Bronx (current term)
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
Bronx Bombers
Bronx cheer
Bronx cheers
Bronze Age
Bronze Star
Bronze Star Medal
Brooke
Brooke's disease
Brooke's tumour
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklynese

Literary usage of Bronx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Guide to the City of New York by City History Club of New York (1909)
"HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE Bronx. The Borough of the Bronx derives its name rrom the first white settler, Jonas Bronck, who settled near the Bronx Kills in ..."

2. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1897)
"1 GRANT OF SOUTH Bronx PARK TO THE ... South Bronx Park for the use of the New York Zoological Society upon conditions entirely satisfactory to the Society. ..."

3. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"This made it necessary to build temporary works to supply the Bronx conduit, as, ... Temporary Water Works to Supply Bronx Conduit and Highways. ..."

4. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association, American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (1898)
"THE object in introducing Physical Education into the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx was twofold; first,physical perfection; ..."

5. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution by Henry Barton Dawson (1886)
"It is one of the range of high grounds, on the western side of the Bronx, on which the line of entrenched encampments had been thrown up by detachments from ..."

6. A Brief History of the City of New York by Charles Burr Todd (1899)
"THE Bronx. IN two respects New York is now the greatest city in the world—in area, and in the variety, beauty, and magnitude of her public parks. ..."

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