Jersey City

American  

noun

1. a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.

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Jersey City British  

noun

1. an industrial city in NE New Jersey, opposite Manhattan on a peninsula between the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers: part of the Port of New York; site of one of the greatest railway terminals in the world. Pop: 239 097 (2003 est)

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Jersey City Cultural  

1. City in northeastern New Jersey, opposite lower Manhattan.

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Port of entry; great shipping and manufacturing center.

Example Sentences

A decade ago, Flores had an English degree, a desk in a Manhattan academic publishing firm, and a commute from Jersey City.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Mr. Payne went several times to General Pencil Co. in Jersey City, N.J., to document how these indispensable writing and drawing implements are made by the thousands and tens of thousands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Hurt’s husband, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Schrader, confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that she died at an assisted living facility in Jersey City, N.J..

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

A defining event for the modern club, however, was its “forbidden gala” in 2020, which took place across the Hudson River in Jersey City.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025

The Martians of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, preoccupied with the suppression of Bournemouth and Jersey City, never noticed until too late that their immunological defenses were unavailing against the microbes of Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan