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

It was those Long Island Aedes albopictus mosquitoes that public health authorities blamed for a locally acquired case of chikungunya last year.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Yancopoulos and Schleifer toured real estate across New Jersey, Long Island and Manhattan—before they finally settled on an industrial park in Tarrytown, N.Y., for Regeneron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

I know because, in the early 1990s, I ran one of those clubs on Long Island.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tamia Austin, 23, who lives on Long Island, recently strolled through Prospect Park on a first date with Raheem Shabbaz, 22.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Moonlight glittered on the waves of Long Island Sound.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan