Definition of New york city

1. Noun. The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center.


Definition of New york city

1. Proper noun. New York, New York, the largest city in the United States of America. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Situated at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York State. ¹

2. Proper noun. Manhattan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of New York City

New World porcupine
New World sparrow
New World tapir
New World vulture
New World warbler
New Yawk
New Year
New Year's
New Year's Day
New Year's Eve
New Year's resolution
New Year's resolutions
New Years
New York
New York Bay
New York City
New York State
New York State Barge Canal
New York Stock Exchange
New York aster
New York breakfast
New York fern
New York minute
New York minutes
New York reload
New York reloads
New York strip
New Yorker
New Yorkers

Literary usage of New york city

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"New York city. Outlook 114: 532-3 N 8 '16 Sec atoo St. John the Divine, ... School and Soc 4:214-15 Ag 5 '16 Appropriations for the New York city schools. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"New York (city)—Continued Moral conditions Commercialized prostitution in New York ... Nat Munie R 6: 24-37 Ja '16 Jeopardizing reform in New York city. ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Trolley exploring about New York city to Boston, to Washington, DC, ... Business methods of New York city's Police department: critical study and ..."

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