| New York City A city of
southern New York on New York Bay at the mouth of the Hudson River.
Founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam, it was renamed by the English in
honor of the Duke of York. It is the largest city in the country and a
financial, cultural, trade, shipping, and communications center.
Originally consisting only of Manhattan Island, it was rechartered in 1898
to include the five present-day boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx,
Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Population: 7,322,564. |
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New York State: A state
of the northeast United States. It was admitted as one of the original
Thirteen Colonies in 1788. First explored by Samuel de Champlain and Henry
Hudson, the region was claimed by the Dutch in 1624 but fell to the
English in 1664-1667. The building of the Erie Canal and railroad lines in
the 1820s and 1830s led to development of the western part of the state
and great economic prosperity, establishing New York City as the financial
center of the nation. Albany is the capital and New York City the largest
metropolis. Population: 18,044,505. |
