New York

noun

1. Also called New York State. a state in the northeastern United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Albany. NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.

2. Also called New York City. a seaport in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson: comprising the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

3. Greater New York, New York City, the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester in New York, and the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union in New Jersey: the metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. census.

New York

noun

1. Abbreviation: N.Y.C..  NYC. Also called: New York City. a city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists of five boroughs (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, which was called Richmond until 1975) and many smaller islands, with its commercial and financial centre in Manhattan; the country's leading commercial and industrial city. Pop: 8 085 742 (2003 est)

2. Abbreviation: N.Y..  NY. a state of the northeastern US: consists chiefly of a plateau with the Finger Lakes in the centre, the Adirondack Mountains in the northeast, the Catskill Mountains in the southeast, and Niagara Falls in the west. Capital: Albany. Pop: 19 190 115 (2003 est). Area: 123 882 sq km (47 831 sq miles)

New York

1. State in the northeastern United States bordered by Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Ontario, Canada to the north and west; Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east; and New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south. Its capital is Albany, and its largest city is New York City.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• New Yorker noun

Example Sentences

A section of a 20-storey residential building partially collapsed in New York City on Wednesday morning, and authorities say there are no injuries.

From BBC

In New York, you can visit a Jellycat diner and Paris has its own Jellycat patisserie with adults lining up to buy the toys.

From BBC

They live mainly in California, Texas and New York; the average income of a mixed family of four is below the federal poverty line of $32,000.

From Salon

Next up at Tottenham on 12 October is the struggling New York Jets against the Denver Broncos, who have been mentioned as potential Super Bowl contenders.

From BBC

The only way the Reds made it this far was because the New York Mets stumbled down the stretch and lost in Miami on the final day of the season.

From Los Angeles Times