Brooklyn

English

Etymology

From Dutch Breukelen from broek. See Breukelen at Wikipedia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʊk.lən/

• Audio (GA):

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• enPR: Bro͝oklĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/, [ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]

  • Audio (NYC):

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• Hyphenation: Brook‧lyn

Proper noun

Brooklyn

1. A borough of New York City. It is located on the western end of Long Island.
2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, also spelled Brooklynn.

Synonyms

• (area on western end of Long Island): City of Brooklyn (dated: pre-1898), Borough of Brooklyn, Kings County, King's County

Derived terms

• Brooklynite

Descendants

• Latin: brooklynensis

Translations

borough of New York City

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 布碌崙／布碌仑 (bou³ luk¹ leon⁴), 布碌仑 (bou³ luk¹ loen⁴)

  Mandarin: 布魯克林／布鲁克林 (zh) (Bùlǔkèlín), 布鲁克林 (zh) (Bùlǔkèlín)

• Czech: Brooklyn m
• Finnish: Brooklyn
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• Hebrew: ברוקלין (bruqlin)
• Portuguese: Brooklyn m, Brooklin m
• Russian: Бру́клин (ru) m (Brúklin)
• Spanish: Brooklyn (es) n
• Yiddish: ברוקלין (Bruklin)

Anagrams

• Lynbrook

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Brooklin

Proper noun

Brooklyn m

1. Brooklyn (a borough of New York City)