Brooklyn
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- proper noun
- /ˈbrʊklɪn/
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Brooklyn
- You are going to have the cleanest sidewalk in Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Brooklyn, New York
- Brooklyn, New York
You're not in Brooklyn, you're not in a gang.
- You're not in Brooklyn, you're not in a gang.
- And right above central Brooklyn is Williamsburg.
- They all come in from, like, Brooklyn and Queens and Harlem.
- There's this idea that people from Brooklyn speak like the Three Stooges.
- They drove me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where they let me go.
- This time on Now Boarding, we're in Brooklyn, but we're going to Vegas.
- Yeah, OK, I got you Nas, Jay-Z in Brooklyn's own Biggie Smalls.
- Yes, it's still happening in Bay Ridge Brooklyn a massive protest broke out.
- But for me, it all started back in Brooklyn, NY.
- Look at this Hamas cheerleaders in Brooklyn, NY Allahu Akbar.
- But um, so this plane crashes, Yeah. So Brooklyn, it it loses JFK,
Examples
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I paid off the mortgage on this house while living in a studio apartment in Brooklyn.
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The film is set in an Italian neighborhood of Brooklyn during a period of full moon.
Academic text (1993) -
You find a place in Brooklyn yet?
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What were you doing in Brooklyn anyway?
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You just told me you were from Brooklyn.
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They drove me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where they let me go.
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Welcome to Brooklyn.
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The study targeted four residential neighborhoods, one each in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
Academic text (1999) -
Welcome to Brooklyn, a vibrant borough in New York City known for its rich culture.
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We visited the Brooklyn Bridge and took photos of the stunning skyline.
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Etymology
Brooklyn comes from the Dutch town Breukelen, a name given by early Dutch settlers in New York. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Dutch place name rather than the English word 'brook' ('small stream'), because Brooklyn is the borough named after that Dutch town.