English > New York: 3 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center. |
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| Synonyms | New York City, Greater New York |
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| Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
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| port of entry, point of entry | A port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise |
| Part of | New York, New York State, Empire State, NY, N.Y. | A Mid-Atlantic state |
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| Parts | Bronx | A borough of New York City |
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| Bronx-Whitestone Bridge | A suspension bridge across the East River in New York City |
| Brooklyn | A borough of New York City |
| Brooklyn Bridge | A suspension bridge across the East River in New York City |
| Columbia University, Columbia | A university in New York City |
| Cooper Union, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
| East River | A tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
| Empire State Building | A skyscraper built in New York City in 1931 |
| George Washington Bridge | A suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey |
| Greenwich Village, Village | A mainly residential district of Manhattan |
| Harlem River | A channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx |
| Manhattan | One of the five boroughs of New York City |
| Manhattan Island | An island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located |
| New Amsterdam | A settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island |
| New York Bay | A bay of the North Atlantic |
| Queens | A borough of New York City |
| Queensboro Bridge | A cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens |
| Staten Island | A borough of New York City |
| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | A suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island |
| Verrazano Narrows | A narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn |
| World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers | twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City |
| ground zero | The site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed |
| Spanish | New York City, New York, Nova York, Nueva York |
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| Catalan | New York City, New York, Nova York |
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English > New York: 3 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. |
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| Synonyms | New York State, Empire State, NY, N.Y. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | Mid-Atlantic states | A region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains | A mountain range in northeastern New York State |
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| Albany, capital of New York | State capital of New York |
| Allegheny, Allegheny River | A river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River |
| American Falls | A part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo) |
| Binghamton | A city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania |
| Buffalo | A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) |
| Catskills, Catskill Mountains | A range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York |
| Cooperstown | A small town in east central New York |
| Cornell University | A university in Ithaca, New York |
| Delaware, Delaware River | A river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay |
| Erie Canal | An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo |
| Hudson, Hudson River | A New York river |
| Ithaca | A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga |
| Kingston | A town on the Hudson River in New York |
| Lake Champlain, Champlain | A lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec |
| Liberty Island, Bedloe's Island | An island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands |
| Long Island | An island in southeastern New York |
| Mohawk River | A river of central New York that flows southeastward to the Hudson River |
| New Netherland | A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam |
| New York, New York City, Greater New York | The largest city in New York State and in the United States |
| Newburgh | A town on the Hudson River in New York |
| Niagara, Niagara Falls | waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls |
| Niagara Falls | A city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river |
| Rochester | A city in western New York |
| Saratoga Springs | A town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing |
| Schenectady | A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river |
| Susquehanna, Susquehanna River | A river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay |
| Syracuse | A city in central New York |
| Taconic Mountains | A range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont |
| Tappan Zee Bridge | A cantilever bridge across the Hudson River |
| Utica | A city in central New York |
| Watertown | A town in northern New York |
| West Point | United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City |
| Region of | Saratoga, battle of Saratoga | A battle during the American Revolution (1777) |
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| Spanish | Estado de Nueva York, New York, Nueva York, NY |
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| Catalan | estat de Nova York, New York, Nova York |
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