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Definition of Bronx
1. Noun. A borough of New York City.
Definition of Bronx
1. Proper noun. A borough of New York City. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronx
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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