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.

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• New Yorker noun

Example Sentences

Mangione, 27, faces charges in both federal and New York state courts.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Liaw pleaded not guilty to the charges in a New York court Wednesday, Bloomberg reported.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

She shared details of the allegations in a New York Times article published before her lawsuit.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“And someday we will go to Brooklyn, New York, America,” Sean said.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff