Yonkers

[ yong-kerz ]

noun

1. a city in SE New York, on the Hudson, near New York City.

Yonkers

/ ˈjɒŋkəz /

noun

1. a city in SE New York State, near New York City on the Hudson River. Pop: 197 388 (2003 est)

Other Words From

• Yonkers·ite noun

Example Sentences

At the Yonkers shelter, the children have been processing their heartache by placing anonymous letters to the staff about issues they are facing in a special box placed outside the kids’ bedrooms.

From Time

Terry’s findings took him to Untermyer Park in Yonkers, an area known to be a popular site for Satanic rituals, where Berkowitz and the Carr brothers allegedly spent time together.

From Time

In early 1998, few could have predicted that a rugged battle rapper from Yonkers was about to take over hip-hop.

From Time

But Bonifacio had other plans and took her to a house in Yonkers.

From The Daily Beast

“Oh, this is from 2005,” says Dell, a self-described Michelle Kwan “uber-fan” who lives in Yonkers.

From The Daily Beast

Six of the crew, two of them school-bus drivers, were arrested at or near their homes in Yonkers, N.Y.

From The Daily Beast

Or Mr. Carmine, a Yonkers toupee-maker with a thick Italian accent and a (very) full head of gray hair.

From The Daily Beast

So she jumped on the subway, which she barely uses, and wound up somewhere in the vicinity of Yonkers.

From The Daily Beast

They were over Yonkers; Ben could see a river steamer at the dock, where she had made her last halt.

From Project Gutenberg

Several other cities have followed the example of Yonkers, but the practice is by no means general.

From Project Gutenberg

In a minute they were in our carriage and driving away toward Yonkers.

From Project Gutenberg

Yonkers and back, despite cops, punctures and accidents, in forty minutes!

From Project Gutenberg

The captain of the Mary Powel, bound up, reported catching her abreast of Yonkers.

From Project Gutenberg