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NJ

NJ

60 1.0
Short form for the U.S. state New Jersey
  • noun
  • /ɛnˈdʒeɪ/
translation icon : Nueva Jersey
  • Our next question comes from Dennis in Newark, NJ Favorite book, Unfair Advantage.
  • Princeton, NJ
  • Princeton University, NJ
  • Rutgers, NJ

So we do have Oxon Hill, MD and Red Bank, NJ.

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Examples

  • And I'm sitting on my bus in Newark, NJ Wow.

  • We're a group of friends from Rockaway, NJ who love to go out line dancing.

  • No, we went to Red Bank, NJ and man, we had such a time.

  • there was a massive explosion in West Orange, NJ, United States of America.

  • And so they called Jeff and they told him to come to Sewell, NJ and to bring me.

  • And then I went to a baseball card show in Edison, NJ on Oak Tree Rd.

  • And he also, despite this, went to the Bedminster, NJ fundraiser event.

  • Do you realize Sussex County is part of NJ? Hopatcong is still 88% without power.

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  • The sport grew slowly with Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Stevens Tech and Hoboken, NJ fielding teams.

  • When visiting the East Coast, be sure to stop by Newark, NJ for some great food.

Synonyms

New Jersey
vsNJ
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A state in the northeastern United States on the Atlantic coast

is the short written abbreviation rather than the full form
Garden State
vsNJ
  • US
4 3.6

A nickname for the US state of New Jersey

is the short formal written abbreviation rather than a nickname
N.J.
vsNJ
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A state in the United States next to New York City on the Atlantic coast

is the abbreviation written without periods

Surface Forms

NJ singular
NJs plural

Etymology

NJ is the common short form for New Jersey, a U.S. state. New means 'new' and Jersey comes from the island of Jersey, so NJ simply uses the first letters to stand for that state.