Empire State

noun

1. the state of New York (used as a nickname).

Empire State

noun

1. See New York
   nickname of New York

Example Sentences

The New York Democrat has been a presence in American politics for most of his life, first as a sounding board and message-bearer for his father, the late Empire State governor Mario Cuomo, and later as an independent force.

From Washington Post

I recalled that a plane had once crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945.

From The Daily Beast

A black person with weed is seven times more likely to get arrested in the empire state than a white one.

From The Daily Beast

I told them about the White House and the Empire State Building.

From The Daily Beast

On Tuesday, the New York legislature approved a bill that would allow the Empire State to join the National Popular Vote Compact.

From The Daily Beast

The Empire State Building, the most photographed location in the world, has gone public.

From The Daily Beast

They were married in the Empire state and became parents of two children there before they removed to Michigan about 1839 or 1840.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1840 he removed from the Empire state to the south and for many years engaged in staging in Georgia and in Alabama.

From Project Gutenberg

And foh the honor of the grand old Empire State we will let our friend pick the ace foh us.

From Project Gutenberg

Bonny it was, in one sense at least, for a lovelier farm there is not on the whole of the wide surface of the Empire State.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the stone is not pretentious it bears upon its granite sides a record that does honor to the Empire State.

From Project Gutenberg