Meaning of Manhattan | Babel Free
mænˈhætn̩Definitions
- A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
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Alternative spelling of Manhattan (“cocktail”). alt-of, alternative
- An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
- a bar chart representing the number of runs scored in each over (supposed to resemble a skyline of skyscrapers).
- A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island; in full, Borough of Manhattan.
- An island of New York, United States; in full, Manhattan Island.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A ghost town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
- A township in Will County, Illinois, United States.
- A village in Will County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Indiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Equivalents
Examples
“Holonyms: New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World”
“Meronyms: Harlem, Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Madison Avenue, Wall Street, World Trade⟳ Center, Battery”
“Near-synonyms: New York County, County of New York (coterminous)”
“Lo, body and soul—this land⟳, / My own⟳ Manhattan with spires, and the sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships, / The varied and ample land⟳, the South and the North in the light⟳, Ohio’s shores and flashing Missouri, / And ever the far-spreading prairies cover’d with grass and corn.”
“Adam Gopnik has, by many accounts, including his own⟳, a lovely life. A longtime staff writer for the New Yorker and bestselling author, Gopnik lives in Manhattan with his wife, Martha, a film-maker, and their two children, and he moves in the kind of circles that allow⟳ him to drop casual lines into conversation such as: “As John Updike once said to me …”, although he has the nervy Jewish self-consciousness to follow⟳ that with “… if you’ll forgive⟳ the namedrop.””
“Manhattan. Dry Manhattan on the rocks.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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