Gotham
a journalistic nickname for New York City.
an English village, proverbial for the foolishness of its inhabitants.
Other words from Gotham
- Goth·am·ite, noun
Words Nearby Gotham
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How to use Gotham in a sentence
Amirpour cautions, however, that Bad City is only “Iran, Iran” as far as Gotham City is New York.
The Punk Behind Iran's Only Vampire Spaghetti Western-Style Love Story | Melissa Leon | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGiulavogui cried, 55 years old and less than a decade in America, but sounding like a Gotham newsboy from another era.
He told Gotham magazine that he was the youngest in a family with six sisters.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhereas Gotham mopes in the shadows, The Flash bursts like a splash page.
‘The Flash’ Review: Teen Angst Gets a Comic Book Quickie | Sujay Kumar | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe Gotham is the live-action superhero show we deserve, just not the one we need right now.
When speaking of the city of New York do not refer to it as "Gotham."
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainThere is an avenue of elms a mile in length, framing at the extremity a view of the Gotham hills.
This is Gotham, where wisdom was once to be found; for are not its wise men proverbial?
No Anglo-Saxon can see them without thinking of the nursery rhyme of the "wise men of Gotham who went to sea in a tub."
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltLike a wise man of Gotham, he jabbed his thumb into the mixture, and asked, "Are those mine?"
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
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