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English
Map of US highlighting New York State
Etymology
From New + York . While sharing a name with the city in northern England, the American place name originated with the English colonial Province of New York (previously Dutch colony New Amsterdam ), named in 1664 by King Charles II for his younger brother James, Duke of York, to whom the land was granted; New York's eponymous Duke of York himself was later crowned King James II .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York
The largest city in the state of New York and the largest city in the United States , a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey .
New York is a former capital of the USA.
Synonyms: Big Apple ( informal ) ; City of New York ; New Amsterdam ( historical ) ; New York City ; New York, New York ; NY ; NYC ; NY, NY
A state of the United States .
The capital of New York State is Albany, not New York City.
Synonyms: the Empire State , New York State , NY , NYS , State of New York
New York County , a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan .
The New York County District Attorney only has jurisdiction in Manhattan; each of the five boroughs of New York City elects its own DA.
Synonyms: Borough of Manhattan , Manhattan
( historical ) A former colony of England , from 1664 to 1707, and of Great Britain , from 1707 to 1776.
Synonym: Province of New York
An urban-type settlement in Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (co-ordinates: 48°19′55″N 37°50′11″E).
In my recent strategic update, I go into great detail about how Russians want to encircle New York , which is located right between Chasiv Yar and Avdiivka .
Synonyms: Niu-York , Novhorodske ( historical, 1951–2021 )
A few places in England :
A village in Wildmore parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire ( OS grid ref TF2455) .
A settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley parish, Harrogate borough , North Yorkshire ( OS grid ref SE1962 ) .
A suburb of Rotherham , South Yorkshire ( OS grid ref SK4292 ) . [ 1]
A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside , Tyne and Wear ( OS grid ref NZ3270 ) .
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
state of the United States of America
Afrikaans: New York
Albanian: Nju Jork m
American Sign Language: Y@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Sidetoside
Amharic: ኒው ዮርክ ( niw york )
Arabic: نِيُويُورْك f ( niyūyūrk ) , نِيُو يُورْك f ( niyū yūrk )
Aragonese: Nueva York f
Armenian: Նյու Յորք ( Nyu Yorkʻ )
Asturian: Nueva York f
Azerbaijani: Nyu-York (az)
Belarusian: Нью-Ёрк m ( Nʹju-Jórk )
Bengali: নিউ ইয়র্ক ( niu iẏork )
Breton: New York (br) , ( obsolete ) Evrog Nevez (br)
Bulgarian: Ню Йорк m ( Nju Jork )
Catalan: Nova York f
Cherokee: ᏄᏯᎩ (chr) ( nuyagi ) , ᏄᏲᎩ ( nuyogi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紐約州 / 纽约州 ( nau2 joek3 zau1 ) , 紐約 / 纽约 ( nau2 joek3 )
Hakka: 紐約州 / 纽约州 ( Niú-yok-chû ) , 紐約 / 纽约 ( Niú-yok )
Hokkien: 紐約州 / 纽约州 ( Niú-iok-chiu ) , 紐約 / 纽约 ( Niú-iok )
Mandarin: 紐約州 / 纽约州 (zh) ( Niǔ Yuē zhōu ) , 紐約 / 纽约 (zh) ( Niǔyuē )
Cornish: Evrek Nowydh
Corsican: New York f , Nova York f
Czech: New York (cs) m
Danish: New York
Dutch: New York (nl) n
Esperanto: Novjorkio , Nov-Jorkio
Estonian: New York (et)
Finnish: New York (fi) , New Yorkin osavaltio
French: New York (fr) f , État de New York m
Galician: Nova Iorque (gl) f
Georgian: ნიუ-იორკი ( niu-iorḳi ) , ნიუ-იორკის შტატი ( niu-iorḳis šṭaṭi )
German: New York (de) n , New-York n , Neuyork n (obsolete)
Greek: Νέα Υόρκη (el) ( Néa Yórki ) , Πολιτεία Νέας Υόρκης f ( Politeía Néas Yórkis )
Haitian Creole: Nou Yòk
Hawaiian: Nuioka
Hebrew: נְיוּ יוֹרְק ( nyu-yórk )
Hindi: न्यूयॉर्क ( nyūyŏrk ) , न्यू यार्क ( nyū yārk )
Hungarian: New York (hu)
Icelandic: Nýja Jórvík , New York
Indonesian: New York
Irish: Nua-Eabhrac m , Stát Nua-Eabhrac
Italian: New York (it) f , Nuova York (it) f , Nuova Iorca f , Stato di New York m
Jamaican Creole: Nyuu Yaak
Japanese: ニューヨーク (ja) ( Nyūyōku ) , 紐育 (ja) ( Nyūyōku ) , ニューヨーク州 ( Nyūyōku-shū )
Kannada: ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ( nyūyārk )
Kazakh: Нью-Йорк (kk) ( Nü-İork )
Khmer: ញូវយ៉ក ( ñɨw yɑɑk )
Korean: 뉴욕 (ko) ( Nyuyok )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Nû York f , New York (ku) f
Kyrgyz: Жаңы Йорк (ky) ( Jaŋı York ) , Нью-Йорк (ky) ( Nyu-York )
Ladino: Mueva York f ( מואיבﬞה ייורק )
Lao: ນີວຢອກ ( nīu yǭk )
Latin: Novum Eboracum n , Nova Eboraca f , Neo-Eboracum n
Latvian: Ņujorka
Lithuanian: Niujorkas (lt) , Niujorko valstija
Luxembourgish: New York n
Macedonian: Њујорк m ( Njujork )
Malay: New York
Maori: Niu Ioka
Marathi: न्यू यॉर्क ( nyū yŏrka )
Mongolian: Нью-Йорк ( Nʹjü-Jork )
Navajo: Kin Yótʼááh Deezʼá Hahoodzo
Neapolitan: Nova York f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: New York
Occitan: Nòva York (oc) f , Nuòva York f
Pennsylvania German: Nei Yarrick
Persian: نْیویورک (fa) ( nyuyork )
Piedmontese: Neuva York f
Polish: Nowy Jork (pl) m
Portuguese: Nova Iorque (pt) f , Nova York (pt) f
Russian: Нью-Йо́рк (ru) m ( Nʹju-Jórk )
Sardinian: Noa York f , New York f
Scots: New York
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhraig Nuadh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Њујорк m
Roman: Njujork m , New York m
Sicilian: New York f , Nova Jorca f , Nova Jorki f , Nova York f
Sinhalese: නිව්යෝක් ( niwyōk )
Slovak: New York m
Spanish: Nueva York (es) f , estado de Nueva York m
Swedish: New York (sv) , staten New York
Tagalog: Bagong York , New York
Tajik: Ню-Йорк (tg) ( Nyu-York )
Tamil: நியூ யோர்க் ( niyū yōrk )
Telugu: న్యూయార్క్ ( nyūyārk )
Thai: นิวยอร์ก ( niu-yɔ̀ɔk )
Turkish: New York (tr) , ( obsolete ) Nevyok
Turkmen: Nýu-Ýork
Ukrainian: Нью-Йо́рк m ( Nʹju-Jórk )
Urdu: نْیُو یارْک m ( nyū yārk )
Uyghur: نيۇيورك ( nyuyork )
Uzbek: Nyu-York
Vietnamese: Nữu Ước , Niu Oóc
Welsh: Efrog Newydd f , Talaith Efrog Newydd f
West Frisian: New York n
Yiddish: ניו־יאָרק ( nyu-york )
urban-type settlement in Toretsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine
village in Wildmore, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England
settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
suburban village in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
See also
References
Further reading
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York m inan (related adjective newyorský , demonym Newyorčan )
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Declension
Declension of New York (sg-only velar masculine inanimate )
Further reading
“New York ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Proper noun
New York (genitive New Yorks )
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
Synonym: New York City
New York (a state of the United States )
Dutch
New York
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York n
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Synonyms
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
French
New York
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York f
New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
Synonym: Ville de New York
New York (a state of the United States )
Synonym: État de New York
Derived terms
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /n(j)uˈjɔrk/ , , , , ,
IPA (key ) : /nyˈjɔrk/ ( common variant )
Proper noun
New York n (proper noun , genitive New Yorks or ( optionally with an article ) New York )
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Synonym: Staat New York ( more usual because the simplex is normally understood as NYC )
Declension
Declension of New York
1 Optionally with an article.
Hungarian
Etymology
From English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Declension
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York m
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Derived terms
Further reading
Romanian
New York
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English New York .
Proper noun
New York n
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Declension
declension of New York (singular only)
singular
n gender
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) New York
New Yorkul
genitive/dative
(unui) New York
New Yorkului
vocative
New Yorkule
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
New York m inan (genitive singular New Yorku , declension pattern of dub )
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )
Declension
Derived terms
References
“New York ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English New York .
Proper noun
New York c (genitive New Yorks )
New York , New York City (the largest city in the state of New York , and the largest city in the United States )
New York (a state of the United States )