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NEW YORK CITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Greater New York; New York; New York City
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
Meronyms (parts of "New York City"):
New York Bay (a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River)
Verrazano Narrows (a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn)
Harlem River (a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx)
East River (a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn)
Staten Island; Queens (a borough of New York City)
Greenwich Village; Village (a mainly residential district of Manhattan; 'the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century)
Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City)
Brooklyn; Bronx (a borough of New York City)
New Amsterdam (a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York)
Manhattan Island (an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located)
ground zero (the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed)
twin towers; World Trade Center; WTC (twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001)
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island)
Queensboro Bridge (a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens)
George Washington Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey)
Empire State Building (a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall)
Cooper Union; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences)
Columbia; Columbia University (a university in New York City)
Brooklyn Bridge (a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883)
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City)
Holonyms ("New York City" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
