Definition of Harlem River

1. Noun. A channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harlem River

Hargreaves
Hari
Harijan
Haripur
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin
Harkat ul-Ansar
Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
Harki
Harkis
Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlean Carpenter
Harlee
Harlem
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem River (current term)
Harlem sunset
Harlem sunsets
Harlemer
Harlemers
Harlemite
Harlemites
Harley
Harley-Davidson
Harley Davidson
Harley Davidsons
Harley Granville-Barker
Harley Street
Harleys
Harlow

Literary usage of Harlem River

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

1. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1915)
"... hundred and seventy- eight, by reason of the construction of the Willis avenue bridge over the Harlem river, ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"Report of the Special Committee,on the preamble and resolutions relative to building a bridge to support iron pipes across the Harlem river. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by New York (State). Court of Chancery, Lewis Halsey Sandford, 1807-1852 (1848)
"When the bill was filed, the number of passengers who crossed the Harlem River daily in the cars of the Harlem rail road, was one hundred and upwards. ..."

4. The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to by James Grant Wilson (1893)
"It is but eight miles across from the Hudson to the East River by the line of the Harlem River and the Spuyten Duyvil creek. A channel-way through, ..."

5. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1868)
"... all the city railroad fran- Third avenue from 125th street to Harlem bridge, about.... | mile. 130th street from Third avenue^to Harlem river, about..-. ..."

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