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ID: 7007567
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007567
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  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

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.

Names:
New York (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)  ............ renamed for the Duke of York by British in 1664
New York City (C,V,display,English,U,N)
NYC (C,V,A,not applicable,U)
City of New York (C,V,English,U,N)
Greater New York (C,V,English,U,N)  ............ unofficial name
Big Apple (C,V)  ............ nickname for New York City
Gotham (C,V)  ............ a colloquial name for the city
ניו-יורק (C,U,Hebrew )
New Amsterdam (H,V,English,U,N)  ............ so-named as Dutch trading post in 1626
New Orange (H,V)
Nieuw-Amsterdam (H,V,Dutch,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ................  New York (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Bronx (county)  ................  Bronx (county) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ....................  New York (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (county)  ................  New York (county) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ....................  New York (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Queens (county)  ................  Queens (county) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ....................  New York (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Richmond (county)  ................  Richmond (county) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ....................  New York (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kings (county)  ................  Kings (county) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (inhabited place)  ....................  New York (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  Amerindians knew the site, settled by Dutch in 17th cen.; grew enormously when surrounding cities merged in 1875 & 1898
city (C)
port (C)  ............  noted as one of the world's busiest ports
financial center (C)  ............  noted as world's financial center, site of New York Stock Exchange & headquarters for largest corporations
commercial center (C)  ............  major center for wholesale & retail trade
transportation center (C)  ............  hub for water, air, rail & road traffic; has large mass-transit system
industrial center (C)
trade center (C)
communications center (C)  ............  center for nation's mass media
publishing center (C)  ............  home of most of nation's major publishing houses
political center (C)  ............  headquarters of United Nations, also noted for influential politicians
cultural center (C)  ............  famed for museums of art & natural history, ballet & other dance, many forms of music, theatrical arts & architecture
educational center (C)
national capital (H)  ............  was first capital of the United States in 1789

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  United States .......... (nation)
..................  (World, North and Central America) [7012149]
..................  New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785-1790

Sources and Contributors:
ניו-יורק..........  [IMJ]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Big Apple..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
....................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
City of New York..........  [VP]
.............................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 5 September 2002
Gotham..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 658-659
Greater New York..........  [VP]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 842
New Amsterdam..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 5 September 2002.
New Orange..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 658-659
New York..........  [BHA Preferred, FDA Preferred, GRLPSC Preferred, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:658-659
.................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) index
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1988) index
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36018817
.................  Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
New York City..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 647
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 5 September 2002
..........................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Nieuw-Amsterdam..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
NYC..........  [BWR, VP]
...........  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 658-659; 2:658-659
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 647
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 5 September 2002
..................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) index
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1988) index
..................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 5 September 2002; accessed 5 September 2002.
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36018817
..................  Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 842
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)

 

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