Staten Island
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch Stateneiland (obsolete spelling Staaten Eylandt), from Staten-Generaal (“States General of the Netherlands”) + eiland (“island”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (NYC, emphatic, slow speech) enPR: Stătĭn īlĕnd, IPA(key): /ˈstæt.ən ˈaɪ.lənd/, [ˈst̪æɾ̪̥ᵊn ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪ɛ̝̈nd̪], [ˈst̪æʔᵊn ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪ɛ̝̈nd̪]
(uncontracted, quadrisyllabic)Audio (NYC) (file)
- (NYC, colloquial, fast speech) enPR: Stăt(ə̆)nīlən(d), IPA(key): /ˌstæt(ə̆)nˈaɪ.lən(d)/, [ˌst̪æt̪ⁿn̩ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪n̩(ᵈ)], [ˌst̪æʔn̩ˈaɪ̯ʟn̩(ᵈ)]
(contracted, trisyllabic)Audio (NYC) (file)
- Hyphenation: Sta‧ten, Is‧land
Proper noun[edit]
- A borough and island in New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated south-southwest of Manhattan. It is coterminous with Richmond County.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
borough of New York
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