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Definition of Gotham
1. Proper noun. Nickname for New York City; Washington Irving gave the name Gotham to New York City in his Salmagundi Papers [ (1807). ¹
2. Proper noun. name given to London by Richard Braithwaite in ‘Barnabee's Journal’ 1636: ''"I came to Gotham, where I saw many who were fools, if not all."'' ''Lat., Veni Gotham, ubi multos, Si non omnes, vidi stultos. 'Barnabae Itinerarium (1636)'.'' ¹
3. Proper noun. A village in Nottinghamshire, England. ¹
4. Proper noun. fictional city in Batman where the story mainly takes place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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