1. (n.)New York Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 18,976,457; 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km).
2. New York 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. 7,380,906.
3. New York 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 metropolitanarea as defined by the U.S. census. 17,412,652.
1. (noun)New York, New York City, Greater New York the largest city in New YorkState and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
2. (noun)New York, New York State, Empire State, NY a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
3. (noun)New York one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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1. new york the foremost State in the AmericanUnion in population, wealth, commerce, and manufactures, the twenty-fifth in area, and is about the size of England; is triangular in shape, with a north-western base on Lakes Erie and Ontario, and an eastern apexreaching the Atlantic between Connecticut (N.) and New Jersey (S.). Manhattan, Staten, and Long Island are the most important of many islands belonging to the State. The land slopes from the mountainous E. to the shores of the greatwestern lakes, and is pleasantly diversified with mountain, valley and plain, forest and river. The Hudson, Oswego, Genesee, and Niagara (with its famous waterfall) are the principal rivers, while the St. Lawrence forms part of the northernboundary. One-half of the area is under cultivation; the vine flourishes, hops and tobacco are grown, and market-gardening prospers near the large cities; but manufacturing is the chief industry, and the transit of goods is greatly facilitated by the many waterways and network of railways. Was finally occupied by the English in 1664, after the expulsion of the Dutch.
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