Staten Island
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- proper noun
- /ˈstætən ˈaɪlənd/
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Staten Island
- Living in Staten Island offers a unique sense of community and a slower pace of life.
- Staten Island ferry
- Staten Island Ferry Terminal
- Richmond Town, Staten Island
Now this is a clear difference because that means Staten Island leans conservative.
- Now this is a clear difference because that means Staten Island leans conservative.
- And that was in a park in on Staten Island.
- And now for a moment, let's go back on the bridge back to Staten Island.
- And we know that there are a lot of socialists in Manhattan and the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island who would like to come.
- So maybe there is not a clear thing of what's going on in Ukraine, what's going on in Gaza, what's going on, you know, in Staten Island.
- I was living on Staten Island with this.
- The, the operation wasn't a park in Staten Island.
- Well, yeah, but now they're building land off of like, I want to say it's like near like the Staten Island Ferry.
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We took a trip on the Staten Island Ferry, a little ocean voyage.
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For many of us, our first ride on the Staten Island ferry was a special voyage.
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And while help is coming, Staten Island residents wonder why it's not coming faster.
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Washington only provided some disaster aid to cover costs in Staten Island.
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I have the biggest beauty salon in Staten Island.
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I took the ferry to Staten Island.
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New York City's Staten Island is one of the hardest hit areas after Sandy.
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The 625-foot-tall wheel would be located near the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island.
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On Saturday at 9 a.m., Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis will be holding a clean-up in Staten Island.
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I took the ferry to Staten Island to enjoy the beautiful views of the harbor.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Staten + island
The element 'island' clearly signals a piece of land surrounded by water, so a learner who knows that word can infer that 'Staten Island' is an island named Staten. However, 'Staten' is a proper name (not a compositional English morpheme) and the full, specific sense (that it is a New York City borough and its demographic/geographic status) cannot be derived from the parts, requiring prior cultural or encyclopedic knowledge.
Etymology
Staten Island comes from early Dutch explorers who called the place 'Staaten Eylandt.' They named it for the Dutch 'States' who helped the voyage, so the word Staten means 'states' and that name stayed for the island today.