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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Example Sentences

The executive at a financial planning firm on New York’s Long Island has come to appreciate the simplicity of the nontransparent bathroom door.

From The Wall Street Journal

The two projects off the coast of Long Island are expected to power more than one million homes in New York, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

This could especially be an issue in markets like northern New Jersey and Nassau County, N.Y., on Long Island, where the supply of homes is already tight.

From The Wall Street Journal

The body of water separating it from the world’s most populous country is only about as wide as Long Island Sound is long.

From MarketWatch

What will June bring at the venerable but capricious Long Island venue?

From BBC