Long Island

American  

noun

1. an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1,682 sq. mi. (4,356 sq. km).

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Long Island British  

noun

1. an island in SE New York State, separated from the S shore of Connecticut by Long Island Sound (an arm of the Atlantic): contains the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in the west, many resorts (notably Coney Island), and two large airports (La Guardia and John F. Kennedy). Area: 4462 sq km (1723 sq miles)

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Long Island Cultural  

1. Island in New York state. Its western end is taken up by Brooklyn and Queens, two of the five boroughs that make up New York City.

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Long Island

This includes all of New York City, parts of Long Island, as well as parts of northern and even central New Jersey.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Churches hosted gatherings attended by thousands of African-Americans on Long Island and in the Hudson River Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Long Island mother-of-two Linda Mancuso's disabled son Michael, 23, lost a Haitian aide his mother considers a "lifeline"

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The accents there are as apt to hail from the South Shore of Long Island as from South Carolina.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Frank and his mother were on a bus going from New York to Long Island.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers