Long Island

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

  • (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs.
  • (Antigua and Barbuda) The island is named for its elongated shape.
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Proper noun

Long Island

  1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York.
    Meronym: East End
    • 1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
      B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.
  2. Specifically, a region of New York state consisting of Nassau County and Suffolk County, to the exclusion of Brooklyn and Queens (the parts of the island found in New York City).
    • 2017 March 27, Priscila Korb, “'Shark Tank'-Winning Business Moves To Long Island”, in Patch:
      After receiving a $2 million investment on the show, the company moved its headquarters from Queens to Long Island.
  3. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.
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Noun

Long Island (plural Long Islands)

  1. (informal) A Long Island iced tea.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

windward shore of Long Island, The Bahamas

Proper noun

Long Island

  1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.
Synonyms
Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Long Island

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloŋː ˈɑi̯lɑnd/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈloŋː ˈɑi̯lænd/,

Proper noun

Long Island

  1. Long Island (any place called "Long Island" in English, particularly an island to the east of New York City)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "on Long Island" is Long Islandilla.

Inflection of Long Island (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Long Island Long Islandit
genitive Long Islandin Long Islandien
partitive Long Islandia Long Islandeja
illative Long Islandiin Long Islandeihin
singular plural
nominative Long Island Long Islandit
accusative nom. Long Island Long Islandit
gen. Long Islandin
genitive Long Islandin Long Islandien
partitive Long Islandia Long Islandeja
inessive Long Islandissa Long Islandeissa
elative Long Islandista Long Islandeista
illative Long Islandiin Long Islandeihin
adessive Long Islandilla Long Islandeilla
ablative Long Islandilta Long Islandeilta
allative Long Islandille Long Islandeille
essive Long Islandina Long Islandeina
translative Long Islandiksi Long Islandeiksi
abessive Long Islanditta Long Islandeitta
instructive Long Islandein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Long Island (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)