Bronx

[brongks]

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.

Bronx

/ 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)

Other Word Forms

• Bronxite noun

Example Sentences

The fruits of that discovery are the nearly 80 works on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in “Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald,” the sculptor’s first solo museum exhibition.

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The novel relates the partly autobiographical story of Charley Klein, who is raised in community housing in the Bronx, N.Y., in the 1930s by an overworked mother and a resentful, invalid father.

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They arranged to meet at the Bronx Zoo.

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He attended the Bronx High School of Science and later earned a degree in Africana Studies from Bowdoin College, where he co-founded the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.

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In an emotional speech in the Bronx, he accused his opponents of “Islamophobia.”

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