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New York

New York

168 1.0
A northeastern US state with Albany as capital and New York City as its largest city
  • proper noun
  • /nu jɔrk/
translation icon : estado de Nueva York
  • I love a crisp winter's day in New York City.
  • New York State
  • Albany, New York
  • New York State Department

Basically, when New York City said that it couldn't pay its debts, the state of New York came by with a bailout.

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Examples

  • Public opinion polls show Senator Robert Kennedy of New York leading Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I am a filmmaker and a vlogger from New York City.

  • I said, hey, come to New York, let me take you out.

  • And then he moved to New York and thought he was done with politics.

  • Are you saying that nobody in New York will work with me?

    Tootsie (1982)

  • She said she just landed in New York.

    Haywire (2011)

  • Basically, when New York City said that it couldn't pay its debts, the state of New York came by with a bailout.

    YaleCourses

  • When he was a boy in upstate New York, John A. Swanson excelled at science and math.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I'm from New York State, which is known for its rich history and beautiful landscapes.

  • In 2009, he was caught up in a scandal involving the New York State pension fund, highlighting issues of corruption.

Synonyms

NY
vsNew York
178 1.0

A state in the northeast of the United States with capital Albany

is the full name written in words rather than letters
New York State
vsNew York
70 1.0

A state in the northeast of the United States with Albany as its capital

is the shorter common name for the same state
Empire State
vsNew York
10 3.6

A nickname for the state of New York in the United States

is the official proper name rather than a casual nickname
N.Y.
vsNew York
1.0

A state in the northeast United States whose capital is Albany

is the full name written in words rather than letters

Surface Forms

New York main

Morphology

New + York

This is a toponym formed from the adjective 'New' plus the place-name 'York', so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it denotes a place that is a 'new' version or settlement related to York. However, the precise referent (that it is a U.S. state or the famous city with specific geographic and administrative facts) is conventional and cannot be fully derived from the parts, making the transparency partial.

Etymology

New York as a state name comes from the same story: after the city was renamed for the Duke of York, the English also used that name for the larger area, so today 'New York' can mean the whole 'state'.