New York City

English

Manhattan, one of the five boroughs of New York City

Etymology

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Proper noun

New York City

2. The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

   Synonyms: (informal) The Big Apple, City of New York, New York, (informal; coined by Washington Irving in 1807) Gotham

   • 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants‎^[1], Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:

     On May 11, 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, disembarked in the bustling harbor of New York City. He had crossed the ocean to try to understand the implications for European civilization of the new experiment in democracy on the far side of the Atlantic.

   • 1971, Carole King, Toni Stern (lyrics and music), “Where You Lead”, in Tapestry, performed by Carole King, Ode Records:

     I always wanted a real home with flowers on the window sill,
     But if you want to live in New York City, honey, you know I will.

Usage notes

New York City refers to the entire city spanning all five boroughs since its consolidation in 1898. Prior to that the city was primarily on Manhattan Island. The city’s official name is New York but it is commonly referred to as New York City (NYC), the City of New York, or New York, New York (NY, NY), in order to distinguish it from the state of New York.

Related terms

• New York Shitty

Translations

large city in the USA

• Afrikaans: New York-Stad
• Albanian: New York City, Nju Jork m
• Amharic: ኒው ዮርክ (niw york)
• Arabic: نِيُويُورْك f (niyūyūrk), نِيُو يُورْك f (niyū yūrk)

  Hijazi Arabic: نيويورك f (nyūyōrk, niyūyōrk)

• Armenian: Նյու Յորք (Nyu Yorkʻ)
• Aymara: New York
• Azerbaijani: Nyu-York (az)
• Bashkir: Нью-Йорк (Nʹyu-York)
• Basque: York Berri
• Belarusian: Нью-Ёрк m (Nʹju-Jórk), Нью-Йо́рк m (Nʹju-Jórk)
• Bengali: নিউ ইয়র্ক (niu iẏork)
• Breton: New York (br)
• Bulgarian: Ню Йо́рк m (Nju Jórk)
• Burmese: နယူးယောက် (na.yu:yauk)
• Catalan: Nova York f
• Chechen: Нью-Йорк (Nju-Jork)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紐約／纽约 (nau² joek³)

  Mandarin: 紐約／纽约 (zh) (Niǔyuē)

• Cornish: Evrek Nowydh
• Corsican: New York f, Nova York f
• Crimean Tatar: Nyu York
• Czech: New York (cs)
• Danish: New York
• Dutch: New York (nl) n
• Eastern Mari: Нью-Йорк (Ńju-Jork)
• Elfdalian: Nev Jork
• Esperanto: Novjorko (eo)
• Estonian: New York (et)
• Faroese: New York City, Nýjorvík
• Fijian: Niu Ioka
• Finnish: New York (fi)
• French: New York (fr) f, Ville de New York f
• Galician: Nova Iorque (gl)
• Georgian: ნიუ-იორკი (niu-iorḳi)
• German: New York City (de) n, New York (de) n, Neuyork n (obsolete)
• Greek: Νέα Υόρκη (el) (Néa Yórki)
• Guaraní: Táva Nueva York
• Gujarati: ન્યૂયોર્ક n (nyūyork)
• Haitian Creole: Nouyòk
• Hawaiian: Nuioka, Kūlanakauhale o Nuioka
• Hebrew: נְיוּ יוֹרְק (nyu york)
• Hindi: न्यूयॉर्क m (nyūyŏrk), न्यू यार्क m (nyū yārk)
• Hungarian: New York (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýja-Jórvík f
• Ido: Nova-York
• Indonesian: New York
• Ingrian: Nju-Jorkka
• Inuktitut: ᓂᐅ ᐃᐅᕐᒃ ᓯᑎ (nio iork siti)
• Irish: Nua-Eabhrac
• Italian: New York (it) f, Nuova York (it) f, Nuova Iorca f
• Jamaican Creole: Nyuu Yaak Siti
• Japanese: ニューヨーク (ja) (Nyūyōku), 紐育 (ja) (Nyūyōku), ニューヨークシティ (Nyūyōkushiti), ニューヨーク市 (Nyūyōku-shi)
• Kalmyk: Шин Йорк (Şin York)
• Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಯಾರ್ಕ್ (nyū yārk)
• Karachay-Balkar: Нью-Йорк (Nʹyu-York)
• Kazakh: Нью-Йорк (kk) (Nü-İork)
• Khmer: ញូវយ៉ក (ñɨw yɑɑk)
• Korean: 뉴욕 (ko) (Nyuyok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Nû York f, New York (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: Нью-Йорк (ky) (Nyu-York), Жаңы Йорк (ky) (Jaŋı York)
• Lao: ນີວ​ຢອກຊິຕິ (nīu yǭk si ti), ນີວຢອກ (nīu yǭk)
• Latin: Novum Eboracum n, Nova Eboraca f, Neo-Eboracum n
• Latvian: Ņujorka f
• Limburgish: New York n
• Lithuanian: Niujorkas (lt) m
• Low German: New York
• Luxembourgish: New York n, New York City n
• Macedonian: Њу Јорк m (Nju Jork), Њујорк m (Njujork)
• Malagasy: New York
• Malay: New York
• Malayalam: ന്യൂയോർക്ക് (nyūyōṟkkŭ)
• Maltese: New York City
• Marathi: न्यू यॉर्क (nyū yŏrka)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: Нью-Йорк (Ńju-Jork)

• Mongolian: Нью-Йорк (Nʹjü-Jork), ᠨᠢᠶᠤᠶᠣᠷᠻ (niyuyork)
• Nahuatl: Altepetl Yancuic York
• Navajo: Nííyóó sídii, Kin Yótʼááh Deezʼá
• Nepali: न्यू योर्क (nyū yorka)
• Northern Thai: ᨶᩥ᩠ᩅᩀᩬᨠ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: New York

  Nynorsk: New York

• Occitan: Nòva York (oc) f, Nuòva York f
• Odia: ନ୍ୟୁ ୟୋର୍କ (nyu yorka)
• Ossetian: Нью-Йорк (Nʹju-Jork)
• Papiamentu: New York City
• Pashto: نیو یارک
• Pennsylvania German: Nei Yarrick Schtadt, Nei Yarrick
• Persian: نْیویورک (fa) (nyuyork)
• Polish: Nowy Jork (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nova Iorque (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਨਿਊਯਾਰਕ (niūyārak)
• Quechua: New York
• Romanian: New York (ro) n
• Russian: Нью-Йо́рк (ru) m (Nʹju-Jórk)
• Samoan: Niu Ioka
• Sardinian: New York f, Noa York f
• Scots: New York Ceety, New York
• Scottish Gaelic: Eabhraig Nuadh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Њујорк m

  Roman: Njujork m

• Sicilian: Nova York, Nova Jorca
• Sinhalese: නිව්යෝක් (niwyōk)
• Slovak: New York
• Slovene: New York
• Somali: New York, Niyuu Yoork
• Spanish: Nueva York (es) f
• Swahili: New York
• Swedish: New York (sv)
• Tagalog: New York
• Tahitian: New York
• Tajik: Ню-Йорк (tg) (Nyu-York)
• Tamil: நியூயார்க் (niyūyārk), நியூயார்க்கு நகரம் (niyūyārkku nakaram)
• Tatar: Нью-Йорк (N’yu-York)
• Telugu: న్యూయార్క్ (nyūyārk)
• Thai: นิวยอร์กซิตี (niu-yɔ́ɔk-sí-dtîi), นครนิวยอร์ก, นิวยอร์ก (niu-yɔ̀ɔk)
• Tibetan: ནེའུ་ཡོར་ཀ (ne'u yor ka)
• Turkish: New York (tr)
• Turkmen: Nýu-Ýork
• Udmurt: Нью-Йорк (Ńju-Jork)
• Ukrainian: Нью-Йо́рк m (Nʹju-Jórk)
• Urdu: نْیُو یارْک m (nyū yārk)
• Uyghur: نيۇ-يورك (nyu-york)
• Uzbek: Nyu-York
• Vietnamese: Niu Oóc
• Welsh: Newydd
• West Frisian: New York n, New York-Stêd n
• Yakut: Нью Йорк (Nyu York)
• Yiddish: ניו־יאָרק (nyu-york), ניו יאָרק (nyu york)

See also

• New York State