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Spuyten Duyvil Creek

[ spahyt-n dahy-vuh l ]

/ ˈspaɪt n ˈdaɪ vəl /

noun

a channel in New York City at the north end of Manhattan Island, connecting the Hudson and Harlem rivers.

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