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New York (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 40 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.7000 decimal degrees |
Long: 074 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -74.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at mouth of Hudson River; visited by Europeans 16th-17th century. Established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic; which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland territory. It was seized by the British in 1664. Was a cosmopolitan center and the nation's largest city by the 18th century. Today it is a huge metropolis composed of five boroughs corresponding to five counties. |
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New York (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | renamed for the Duke of York by British in 1664 |
New York City (C,V,display,English,U,N)
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NYC (C,V,A,not applicable,U)
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City of New York (C,V,English,U,N)
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Greater New York (C,V,English,U,N)
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............ | unofficial name |
Big Apple (C,V)
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............ | nickname for New York City |
Gotham (C,V)
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............ | a colloquial name for the city |
ניו-יורק (C,U,Hebrew )
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New Amsterdam (H,V,English,U,N)
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............ | so-named as Dutch trading post in 1626 |
New Orange (H,V)
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Nieuw-Amsterdam (H,V,Dutch,U)
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Bronx (county) (P) |
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Queens (county) (P) |
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New York (inhabited place) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Amerindians knew the site, settled by Dutch in 17th cen.; grew enormously when surrounding cities merged in 1875 & 1898 |
city (C) |
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port (C) |
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noted as one of the world's busiest ports |
financial center (C) |
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noted as world's financial center, site of New York Stock Exchange & headquarters for largest corporations |
commercial center (C) |
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major center for wholesale & retail trade |
transportation center (C) |
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hub for water, air, rail & road traffic; has large mass-transit system |
industrial center (C) |
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trade center (C) |
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communications center (C) |
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center for nation's mass media |
publishing center (C) |
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home of most of nation's major publishing houses |
political center (C) |
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headquarters of United Nations, also noted for influential politicians |
cultural center (C) |
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famed for museums of art & natural history, ballet & other dance, many forms of music, theatrical arts & architecture |
educational center (C) |
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national capital (H) |
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was first capital of the United States in 1789 |
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Related geographic places: |
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United States .......... (nation) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7012149] |
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New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785-1790 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988) |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 658-659; 2:658-659 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 647 |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 5 September 2002 |
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GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989) |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-) |
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Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) index |
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Times Atlas of the World (1988) index |
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USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 5 September 2002; accessed 5 September 2002. |
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36018817 |
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Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 842 |
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