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Riverdale

American  
[riv-er-deyl] / ˈrɪv ərˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois.


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When I was 2, my family moved from Queens to Riverdale, in the Bronx.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Bynum, 30 of Riverdale, said her father remained opposed to the project as it took over farmland and pushed out agricultural companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

His brother-in-law Ary Freilich said that Mr. Lieberman’s fall occurred at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx and that he died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Upper Manhattan.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Riverdale police said they found Kai Zhuang, 17, camping alone in the Utah wilderness Sunday after he was reported missing Thursday.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Paralleling my mom’s insistence that I attend Riverdale because John F. Kennedy had once gone to school there, she was won over to Valley Forge when she heard that General Norman Schwarzkopf was a graduate.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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