| 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. |
