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| 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. |
| 4. | a seaport in SW Australia: resort. 15,222. |
| 5. | a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay. 15,130. |
| 6. | a river in central Canada, flowing E from W Ontario to James Bay. 610 mi. (980 km) long. |
| 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. |
Al·ba·ny (ôl'bə-nē)
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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.
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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