New Jersey
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- proper noun
- /nuː ˈdʒɜrzi/
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Nueva Jersey
- The police found the van that transported him in New Jersey.
- State of New Jersey
- Governor of New Jersey
- located in New Jersey
Because it's you're just not from New Jersey or New England.
- Because it's you're just not from New Jersey or New England.
- If you know you're going to drive from New Jersey to San Diego.
- So I'm now licensed with the the New Jersey State Commission.
- Then we heard from tiny man in big suit New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew.
- I am probably one of the more successful New Jersey based tech entrepreneurs.
- You know, it was live, live feedback from people in New Jersey, which is very honest.
- No one, no one should fat shame you, especially at a New Jersey fundraiser.
- I had to find a law firm in New Jersey.
- He is a good cook and he's from New Jersey.
- Theo Vaughn, my name's Sam from New Jersey.
- And of course, he was forged in the steely cauldron of New Jersey.
- Which, by the way, is still the fastest way to get from Queens to New Jersey.
- The full range of human characters that are in New Jersey, all beautiful.
- So Mark Sheridan is a, an attorney in New Jersey.
Examples
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The garden state, New Jersey, is known for its rich history and diverse culture.
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You know, it was live, live feedback from people in New Jersey, which is very honest.
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The full range of human characters that are in New Jersey, all beautiful.
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Yeah, well, he just turned up in New Jersey at the military command post.
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But you are the only one from New Jersey, and you speak English.
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I went into a bar in New Jersey, struck up a conversation with a guy.
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We used to joke about how New Jersey was a good place to be from.
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There's nothing else like it in New Jersey, or even perhaps the rest of the United States.
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I had a workshop in my office this week on Thursday, and I had one guy who came all the way from New Jersey just to learn.
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The research involved two classes of ninth-grade English students in a New Jersey public co-educational high school.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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Short form for the U.S. state New Jersey
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A nickname for the US state of New Jersey
A state in the United States next to New York City on the Atlantic coast
Surface Forms
Morphology
new + Jersey
The compound follows a common toponymic pattern (New + place name) so a learner who knows 'new' and 'Jersey' will likely infer this is a place name rather than a literal adjective + noun. However, the specific referent — that it is a U.S. state on the Atlantic coast and one of the original thirteen colonies — is not fully derivable from the constituents alone, so the meaning is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The place name New Jersey comes from the English island Jersey. In the 1600s the land was given to Sir George Carteret, who came from Jersey, so settlers called it the 'new' Jersey, which is why the state has that name today.