New Jersey

American  

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7,836 square miles (20,295 square kilometers). Trenton. NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.

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New Jersey British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: N.J..   NJ.  a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic and Delaware Bay: mostly low-lying, with a heavy industrial area in the northeast and many coastal resorts. Capital: Trenton. Pop: 8 638 396 (2003 est). Area: 19 479 sq km (7521 sq miles)

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New Jersey Cultural  

1. State in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware Bay to the south and west, and Pennsylvania to the west. Its capital is Trenton, and its largest city is Newark.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• New Jerseyan
  noun
• New Jerseyite
  noun

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New Jersey

Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey was the most heavily impacted by today's air traffic control disruptions, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Our saying is what happens at the camp stays at camp,” said moderator Lou Knaub, a bank district manager from New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Todd Smith, Wafle’s head coach at the Hun School in New Jersey, remembers the first day he met Luke, watching him do a backflip off of his brother’s shoulders into the pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

I was 11, attending an Islamic school in northern New Jersey.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Fischer, the Cold War hero, traveled to New Jersey and became the temporary houseguest of his lawyer Paul Marshall.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady