new york
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1. a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | american state, |
| definition | : | one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cornell university, |
| definition | : | a university in Ithaca, New York (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | tappan zee bridge, |
| definition | : | a cantilever bridge across the Hudson River (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bedloe's island, liberty island, |
| definition | : | an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | new netherland, |
| definition | : | a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | albany, capital of new york, |
| definition | : | state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | buffalo, |
| definition | : | a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cooperstown, |
| definition | : | a small town in east central New York; site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | erie canal, |
| definition | : | an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | greater new york, new york, new york city, |
| definition | : | the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ithaca, |
| definition | : | a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | west point, |
| definition | : | United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | long island, |
| definition | : | an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | binghamton, |
| definition | : | a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kingston, |
| definition | : | a town on the Hudson River in New York (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | newburgh, |
| definition | : | a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | niagara falls, |
| definition | : | a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | rochester, |
| definition | : | a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | schenectady, |
| definition | : | a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | syracuse, |
| definition | : | a city in central New York (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | utica, |
| definition | : | a city in central New York (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | saratoga springs, |
| definition | : | a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | watertown, |
| definition | : | a town in northern New York (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | allegheny, allegheny river, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | american falls, |
| definition | : | a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo) (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | catskill mountains, catskills, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | delaware, delaware river, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | hudson, hudson river, |
| definition | : | a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | champlain, lake champlain, |
| definition | : | a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812 (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | mohawk river, |
| definition | : | a river of central New York that flows southeastward to the Hudson River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | niagara, niagara falls, |
| definition | : | waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | susquehanna, susquehanna river, |
| definition | : | a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | taconic mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | mid-atlantic states, |
| definition | : | a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | battle of saratoga, saratoga, |
| definition | : | a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated (noun.act) |
2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | colony, |
| definition | : | one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | fort ticonderoga, ticonderoga, |
| definition | : | a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775 (noun.act) |
3. the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
| definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
| instance hypernym | : | point of entry, port of entry, |
| definition | : | a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bronx-whitestone bridge, |
| definition | : | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | brooklyn bridge, |
| definition | : | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883 (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | empire state building, |
| definition | : | a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | george washington bridge, |
| definition | : | a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | queensboro bridge, |
| definition | : | a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | verrazano-narrows bridge, |
| definition | : | a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | twin towers, world trade center, wtc, |
| definition | : | twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | ground zero, |
| definition | : | the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | manhattan island, |
| definition | : | an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | new amsterdam, |
| definition | : | a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bronx, |
| definition | : | a borough of New York City (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | brooklyn, |
| definition | : | a borough of New York City (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | manhattan, |
| definition | : | one of the five boroughs of New York City (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | greenwich village, village, |
| definition | : | a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | queens, |
| definition | : | a borough of New York City (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | staten island, |
| definition | : | a borough of New York City (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | east river, |
| definition | : | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | harlem river, |
| definition | : | a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | verrazano narrows, |
| definition | : | a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | new york bay, |
| definition | : | a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River (noun.object) |
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