Bronx

American  

[brongks] / brɒŋks /

noun

1. the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).

2. a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.

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Bronx British  

/ brɒŋks /

noun

1. a borough of New York City, on the mainland, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River. Pop: 1 363 198 (2003 est)

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Other Word Forms

• Bronxite noun

Example Sentences

He played the blues harmonica between dives and told me he had learned to act at the Jewish community center in the Bronx.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was about Tony Curtis, new to Hollywood and unknown, a Bronx boy hoping for the life of an actor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Blum, 72, grew up in the Bronx and attended New York’s famous High School of Performing Arts.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Bodega Baddie” is a bilingual ode to the Bronx’s Dominican enclaves where Cardi From The Block spent her childhood.

From Los Angeles Times

For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”

From The Wall Street Journal