Manhattan

[man-hat-n, muhn-]

noun

1. Also called Manhattan Island. an island in New York City surrounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers. 13½ miles (22 km) long; 2½ miles (4 km) greatest width; 22¼ sq. mi. (58 sq. km).

2. a borough of New York City approximately coextensive with Manhattan Island: chief business district of the city.

3. a city in NE Kansas, on the Kansas River.

4. (often lowercase),  a cocktail made of whiskey and sweet vermouth, usually with a dash of bitters and a maraschino cherry.

Manhattan

/ mən-, mænˈhætən /

noun

1. an island at the N end of New York Bay, between the Hudson, East, and Harlem Rivers: administratively (with adjacent islets) a borough of New York City; a major financial, commercial, and cultural centre. Pop: 1 537 195 (2000). Area: 47 sq km (22 sq miles)

2. a mixed drink consisting of four parts whisky, one part vermouth, and a dash of bitters

Manhattan

1. Island that constitutes one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. (See also Bowery, Broadway (see also Broadway), Central Park, Harlem, Park Avenue, Times Square, and World Trade Center.)

Because of its noise and congestion, some have viewed it as unlivable, giving rise to the phrase “It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.” In the 1990s, it experienced prosperity and a decline in crime rates.

A center of the art world (see Greenwich Village).

Center of the country's financial industry (see Wall Street), communications industry, including advertising and television (see Madison Avenue), and fashion industry (see Fifth Avenue).

The September 11 attacks left a physical and emotional scar on Manhattan.

Example Sentences

It is one of several jewelry dealers along a stretch of Manhattan known as the Diamond District, where business has been thriving as gold and silver values rise.

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The line stretched for blocks down the street in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood.

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For years, the fastest athletes on the planet would race in New York City’s Fifth Avenue Mile, a 20-block dash down the famous Manhattan thoroughfare.

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Mr. Glock is the director of research at the Manhattan Institute and the author of “The Dead Pledge: The Origins of the Mortgage Market and Federal Bailouts, 1913-1939.”

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The Justice Department could face challenges in establishing that James had an intent to commit fraud, said Jacqueline Kelly, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan.

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