a city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists of five boroughs (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, which was called Richmond until 1975) and many smaller islands, with its commercial and financial centre in Manhattan; the country's leading commercial and industrial city. Pop: 8 085 742 (2003 est)
Abbreviation: N.Y.C., NYC
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a state of the northeastern US: consists chiefly of a plateau with the Finger Lakes in the centre, the Adirondack Mountains in the northeast, the Catskill Mountains in the southeast, and Niagara Falls in the west. Capital: Albany. Pop: 19 190 115 (2003 est). Area: 123 882 sq km (47 831 sq miles)
Abbreviation: N.Y. or (with zip code) NY
New York in American English
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state of the NE U.S.: one of the 13 original states: 47,214 sq mi (122,283 sq km); pop. 18,976,000; cap. Albany
abbrev. NY or N.Y.
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city & port in SE N.Y., at the mouth of the Hudson: divided into five boroughs (the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan,Queens, Staten Island): 365 sq mi (946 sq km); pop. 8,008,000