Bronx

[brongks]

noun

1. the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).

2. a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.

Bronx

/ brɒŋks /

noun

1. a borough of New York City, on the mainland, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River. Pop: 1 363 198 (2003 est)

Other Word Forms

• Bronxite noun

Example Sentences

Santiago gave the Bronx as an example where lower average wages have been outstripped by rising rents.

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He followed a path trodden by other youngsters from elite liberal families, attending the elite Bronx High School of Science followed by Bowdoin College in Maine, a university seen as a bastion of progressive thought.

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At one point, Foster’s team built a model of the lobby in a warehouse in the South Bronx.

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Her family settled in Queens, N.Y., and she attended the prestigious Bronx High School of Science.

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If you are born to parents in New York’s Midtown, like me, instead of tough areas of the South Bronx, there’s a different outcome.

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