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Goth⋅am

  [goth-uhm, goh-thuhm for 1; got-uhm, goh-thuhm for 2]
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–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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Gotham 
"New York City," first used by Washington Irving, 1807, based on "Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham" (1460), a collection of legendary stories of English villagers alternately wise and foolish. There is a village of this name in Nottinghamshire, originally Gatham (1086), O.E., "Enclosure (lit. 'homestead') where goats are kept." It is unknown if this was the place intended.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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