Brooklyn

[brook-lin]

noun

1. a borough of New York City, on W Long Island. 76.4 sq. mi. (198 sq. km).

2. a city in NE Ohio.

Brooklyn

/ ˈbrʊklɪn /

noun

1. a borough of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island. Pop: 2 465 326 (2000)

Brooklyn

1. One of the five boroughs that make up New York City.

It is noted for the special “Brooklyn accent” of its inhabitants.

The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn with Manhattan.

Other Word Forms

• Brooklynite noun

Example Sentences

Later that year, after being arrested in London, three former Credit Suisse bankers pleaded guilty to charges in Brooklyn federal court.

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Mangione, incarcerated in a federal jail in Brooklyn and flooded with mail, has tracked the letters he has received from supporters.

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There he speaks with self-deprecating humor about the shame of having been born in working-class Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Farmer braved the crowds at Citadel to shop and try to save amid inflation.

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He was the borough commander in Staten Island, commuting from his home in Brooklyn by ferry in the days before the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

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