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Goth⋅am
[goth-uh
m, goh-thuhm for 1; got-uhm, goh-thuhm for 2] 
–noun
| 1. | a journalistic nickname for New York City. |
| 2. | an English village, proverbial for the foolishness of its inhabitants. |
Related forms:
Goth⋅am⋅ite, noun
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| Goth·am (gŏth'əm) New York City. The nickname was popularized by Washington Irving and others in Salmagundi, a series of satirical sketches (1807-1808). Goth'am·ite' (-ə-mīt') n. |
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Gothamite
Go"tham*ite\, n. 1. A gothamist. 2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] --Irving.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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