greater new york
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1. 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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