New York

American  

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.

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New York British  

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)

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New York Cultural  

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.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• New Yorker noun

Example Sentences

The New York Times and BBC have reported that images relayed by Iranian media of the US fighter jet shot down on Friday in Iran match a model typically stationed at Lakenheath.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Barkley said he was going to choose his words carefully one more time before delivering, “Live from New York… It’s Saturday Night!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Response ads the campaign did draft, the New York Times reported, tested poorly in focus groups and were never aired.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Zlati's freelance work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

He says this casually—the same way he sometimes suggests we should get to the art museum one of these days or take a day trip to New York City, but then he never follows up.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison