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   New York, often called New York City [b] or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs , each coextensive with a respective county .

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   New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is at the southern end of the U.S. state of New York. Over 8 million people currently live in the city, and over 22 million people live in the bigger New York metropolitan area.

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   Oct 15, 2024 · Welcome to the English-language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. It aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English. Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and ...

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5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › New_York_CityNew York City - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   2 days ago · The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Synonyms: (informal) The Big Apple, City of New York, New York, (informal; coined by Washington Irving in 1807 ...

6. www.britannica.com › place › New-York-CityNew York City | Layout, Map, Economy, Culture, Facts ...

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   1 day ago · New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, considered the most influential American metropolis and the country’s financial and cultural center.

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   Where is New York City located?

   • New York City is situated in the northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Its location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port.

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   Why was New York renamed New York?

   • In 1664, the English controlled the city and the areas around it, [ 15 ] and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England gave the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. [ 16 ] New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, [ 17 ] and has been the biggest U.S. city since 1790. [ 18 ]

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   Why is New York called New Yawk?

   • The traditional New York area speech pattern is known for its rapid delivery, and its accent is characterized as non-rhotic so that the sound [ɹ] does not appear at the end of a syllable or immediately before a consonant, therefore the pronunciation of the city name as "New Yawk."

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   What does New York City mean?

   • New York City refers to the entire city spanning all five boroughs since its consolidation in 1898. Prior to that the city was primarily on Manhattan Island.

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   How did New York City become a city?

   • The modern city was formed by the 1898 consolidation of its five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District, Manhattan, New York City has been called both the world's premier financial and fintech center and the most economically powerful city in the world.

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   When was New York founded?

   • A permanent European presence near New York Harbor was established in 1624, making New York the 12th-oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States, with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island.

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8. www.oed.comOxford English Dictionary

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   The historical English dictionary. An unsurpassed guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world. Find out more about OED.