new york city

1. 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

   SynonymsNew YorkGreater New York

   Broadercityport of entry

   Part ofNew York

   PartsBronx-Whitestone BridgeBrooklyn BridgeColumbia UniversityCooper UnionEmpire State BuildingGeorge Washington Bridge

Questions about new york city

What does new york city mean?

new york city means "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".

What is another word for new york city?

Close synonyms include New York, Greater New York. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new york city a common word?

new york city is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.