new york Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun 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
   New York City; Greater New York.
   
2. noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
   NY; Empire State; New York State.
   
3. noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
   

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