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noun
1.
a city in and the capital of New York, in the E part, on the Hudson. 101,727.
2.
a city in SW Georgia. 73,934.
3.
a city in W Oregon. 26,546.
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a seaport in SW Australia: resort. 15,222.
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EXPANDa city in W California, on San Francisco Bay. 15,130.
6.
COLLAPSEa river in central Canada, flowing E from W Ontario to James Bay. 610 miles (980 km) long.
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New York
noun
1.
Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 17,557,288; 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
2.
Also called New York City. a seaport in SE New York at the mouth of the Hudson: comprising the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island. 7,071,639.
3.
Greater, 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. 17,412,652.
Related forms
New Yorker, noun
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Cultural Dictionary
New York definition
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.
Note: One of the thirteen colonies.
Albany definition
State capital located in eastern New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River.
Note: Involved with much shipping, Albany is a major transshipment point. It used to be an important fur-trading center.
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