(This
etymology
is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the
Etymology scriptorium
. Particularly: “When/how was the city given this name?”)
New York
City
- 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
)
Gotham
1964
,
John F. Kennedy
,
A Nation of Immigrants
[1]
, Revised and Enlarged edition,
Harper & Row
,
→LCCN
,
→OCLC
,
→OL
,
page 1
:
On May 11, 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, disembarked in the bustling harbor of
New York City
. He had crossed the ocean to try to understand the implications for European civilization of the new experiment in democracy on the far side of the Atlantic.
1971
,
Carole King
, Toni Stern (lyrics and music), “
Where You Lead
”, in
Tapestry
, performed by Carole King, Ode Records:
I always wanted a real home with flowers on the window sill,
But if you want to live in
New York City
, honey, you know I will.
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. The city’s official name is
New York
but it is commonly referred to as
New York City
(
NYC
), the
City of New York
, or
New York, New York
(NY, NY), in order to distinguish it from the state of
New York
.
large city in the USA
- Afrikaans:
New York-Stad
- Albanian:
New York City
- Amharic:
?? ???
(
niw york
)
- Arabic:
???????????
f
(
niy?y?rk
)
,
????? ??????
f
(
niy? y?rk
)
- Hijazi Arabic:
???????
f
(
ny?y?rk, niy?y?rk
)
- Moroccan Arabic:
??? ????
f
(
niy? y?rk
)
- Armenian:
???? ????
(
Nyu York?
)
- Aymara:
New York
- Azerbaijani:
Nyu-York
(az)
- Bashkir:
Нью-Йорк
(
N?yu-York
)
- Basque:
York Berri
- Belarusian:
Нью-Ёрк
m
(
N?ju-Jork
)
,
Нью-Йо?рк
m
(
N?ju-Jork
)
- Bengali:
??? ??????
(
niu i?ork
)
- Breton:
New York
(br)
- Bulgarian:
Ню Йо?рк
m
(
Nju Jork
)
- Burmese:
?????????
(
na.yu:yauk
)
- Catalan:
Nova York
f
- Chechen:
Нью-Йорк
(
Nju-Jork
)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:
紐約
/
??
(
nau
2
joek
3
)
- Mandarin:
紐約
/
??
(zh)
(
Ni?yu?
)
- Cornish:
Evrek Nowydh
- Corsican:
New York
f
,
Nova York
f
- Crimean Tatar:
Nyu York
- Czech:
New York
(cs)
- Danish:
New York
- Dutch:
New York
(nl)
n
- Eastern Mari:
Нью-Йорк
(
?ju-Jork
)
- Elfdalian:
Nev Jork
- Esperanto:
Novjorko
(eo)
- Estonian:
New York
(et)
- Faroese:
New York City
,
Nyjorvik
- Finnish:
New York
(fi)
- French:
New York
(fr)
f
,
Ville
de
New York
f
- Galician:
Nova Iorque
(gl)
- Georgian:
???-?????
(
niu-ior?i
)
- German:
New York City
(de)
n
,
New York
(de)
n
,
Neuyork
n
(
obsolete
)
- Greek:
Ν?α Υ?ρκη
(el)
(
Nea Yorki
)
- Guarani:
Tava Nueva York
- Gujarati:
???? ?????
(
nyu york
)
- Haitian Creole:
Nouyok
- Hawaiian:
Nuioka
,
K?lanakauhale o Nuioka
- Hebrew:
????? ??????
(
nyu york
)
- Hindi:
?????????
m
(
ny?y?rk
)
,
???? ?????
m
(
ny? y?rk
)
- Hungarian:
New York
(hu)
- Icelandic:
Nyja-Jorvik
f
- Ido:
Nova-York
- Indonesian:
New York
- Ingrian:
Nju-Jorkka
- Inuktitut:
?? ???? ??
(
nio iork siti
)
- Irish:
Nua-Eabhrac
- Italian:
New York
(it)
f
,
Nuova York
(it)
f
- Jamaican Creole:
Nyuu Yaak Siti
- Japanese:
ニュ?ヨ?ク
(ja)
(
Ny?y?ku
)
,
紐育
(ja)
(
Ny?y?ku
)
,
ニュ?ヨ?クシティ
(
Ny?y?kushiti
)
,
ニュ?ヨ?ク市
(
Ny?y?ku-shi
)
- Kalmyk:
Шин Йорк
(
?in York
)
- Kannada:
???? ??????
(
ny? y?rk
)
- Karachay-Balkar:
Нью-Йорк
(
N?yu-York
)
- Kazakh:
Нью-Йорк
(kk)
(
Nu-?ork
)
- Khmer:
??????
(
n?w y??k
)
- Korean:
뉴욕
(ko)
(
Nyuyok
)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:
Nu York
f
,
New York
(ku)
f
- Kyrgyz:
Нью-Йорк
(ky)
(
Nyu-York
)
,
Жа?ы Йорк
(
Jaŋı York
)
- Lao:
???????????
(
n?u y?k si ti
)
,
??????
(
n?u y?k
)
- Latin:
Novum Eboracum
n
,
Nova Eboraca
f
,
Neo-Eboracum
n
- Latvian:
?ujorka
f
- Limburgish:
New York
n
- Lithuanian:
Niujorkas
(lt)
m
- Low German:
New York
- Luxembourgish:
New York
n
,
New York City
n
- Macedonian:
?у ?орк
m
(
Nju Jork
)
,
?у?орк
m
(
Njujork
)
- Malagasy:
New York
- Malay:
New York
- Malayalam:
???????????
(
ny?y??kk?
)
- Maltese:
New York City
- Marathi:
???? ?????
(
ny? y?rka
)
- Mari:
- Western Mari:
Нью-Йорк
(
?ju-Jork
)
- Mongolian:
Нью-Йорк
(
N?ju-Jork
)
,
????????
(
niyuyork
)
- Nahuatl:
Altepetl Yancuic York
- Navajo:
Niiyoo sidii
,
Kin Yot?aah Deez?a
- Nepali:
???? ?????
(
ny? yorka
)
- Northern Thai:
???????
- Norwegian:
- Bokmal:
New York
- Nynorsk:
New York
- Occitan:
Nova York
(oc)
f
,
Nuova York
f
- Odia:
???? ?????
(
nyu yorko
)
- Ossetian:
Нью-Йорк
(
N?ju-Jork
)
- Papiamentu:
New York City
- Pashto:
??? ????
- Pennsylvania German:
Nei Yarrick Schtadt
,
Nei Yarrick
- Persian:
????????
(fa)
(
nyuyork
)
- Polish:
Nowy Jork
(pl)
m
- Portuguese:
Nova Iorque
(pt)
f
- Punjabi:
???????
(
ni?y?rak
)
- Quechua:
New York
- Romanian:
New York
(ro)
n
- Russian:
Нью-Йо?рк
(ru)
m
(
N?ju-Jork
)
- Samoan:
Niu Ioka
- Sardinian:
New York
f
,
Noa York
f
- Scots:
New York Ceety
,
New York
- Scottish Gaelic:
Eabhraig Nuadh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:
?у?орк
m
- Roman:
Njujork
m
- Sicilian:
Nova York
,
Nova Jorca
- Sinhalese:
????????
(
niwy?k
)
- Slovak:
New York
- Slovene:
New York
- Somali:
New York
- Spanish:
Nueva York
(es)
f
- Swahili:
New York
- Swedish:
New York
(sv)
- Tagalog:
New York
- Tahitian:
New York
- Tajik:
Ню-Йорк
(tg)
(
Nyu-York
)
- Tamil:
??????????
(
niy?y?rk
)
,
???????????? ?????
(
niy?y?rkku nakaram
)
- Tatar:
Нью-Йорк
(
N’yu-York
)
- Telugu:
??????????
(
ny?y?rk
)
- Thai:
????????????
(
niu-y???k-si-dtii
)
,
???????????
,
????????
(
niu-y???k
)
- Tibetan:
??????????
(
ne'u yor ka
)
- Turkish:
New York
(tr)
- Turkmen:
Nyu-York
- Udmurt:
Нью-Йорк
(
?ju-Jork
)
- Ukrainian:
Нью-Йо?рк
m
(
N?ju-Jork
)
- Urdu:
????? ?????
m
(
ny? y?rk
)
- Uyghur:
???-????
(
nyu-york
)
- Uzbek:
Nyu York
- Vietnamese:
Niu Ooc
- Welsh:
Newydd
- West Frisian:
New York
n
,
New York-Sted
n
- Yakut:
Нью Йорк
(
Nyu York
)
- Yiddish:
?????????
(
nyu-york
)
,
??? ?????
(
nyu york
)
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