Definition of New York

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.


2. Noun. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.

3. Noun. One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
Geographical relationships: Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga
Generic synonyms: Colony

Definition of New York

1. Proper noun. The largest city in New York State, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey state ¹

2. Proper noun. A state of the United States of America and former colony ¹

3. Adjective. Of a style, particularly of food, originating in New York. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of New York

New World opah
New World oriole
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 (current term)
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

Literary usage of New York

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

1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"Of the main line, Long Island City to Greenport, 94.65 miles, 80.7 miles single track, miles second track, New York City line to Greenport, are within the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1969. xvii + 446 pp. + plates. $17.50. ... Kenneth Kustin, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1969. xvi The Fine Structure of ..."

3. Who's who in America by Marquis Who's Who, Inc (1901)
"Frederick Mead of New York. Exhibited his first picture, ... Edited Orange, NJ, Spectator,. and contributed frequently to New York Leader by invitation of ..."

4. A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the by William Cullen Bryant (1881)
"WHEN Edmund Andros first arrived in America, — fifteen years before the catastrophe, already related, that overtook him in Boston, — the colony of New York ..."

5. Arguments and Speeches of William Maxwell Evarts by William Maxwell Evarts (1919)
"It was their purpose to remain in the City of New York only for the short interval ... They lodged their slaves in a house in Carlisle Street, New York, ..."

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