Long Island
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Contents
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch Lange Eylandt, from earlier "'t Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs".
Proper noun[edit]
- The biggest and longest island of the contiguous US, located in New York State.
- 1992 April 5, "The Full House", Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
- B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.
- 1992 April 5, "The Full House", Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
Derived terms[edit]
- Lawn Guyland (eye dialect)
- Long Island City
- Long Islander
- Long Island iced tea
- Strong Island (slang)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
island in New York
|
|
Etymology 2[edit]
You can help Wiktionary by providing a proper etymology.
windward shore of Long Island, The Bahamas
Proper noun[edit]
- A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas, noted as its most scenic.
Synonyms[edit]
- Yuma (original Arawak name)
- Fernandina (name by Christopher Columbus)
Translations[edit]
a district of the Bahamas
|
Finnish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Long Island (any place called "Long Island" in English, particularly an island to the east of New York City)
Declension[edit]
- on Long Island = Long Islandilla (adessive case)
Inflection of Long Island (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | Long Island | Long Islandit | |
genitive | Long Islandin | Long Islandien | |
partitive | Long Islandia | Long Islandeja | |
illative | Long Islandiin | Long Islandeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Long Island | Long Islandit | |
accusative | nom. | Long Island | Long Islandit |
gen. | Long Islandin | ||
genitive | Long Islandin | Long Islandien | |
partitive | Long Islandia | Long Islandeja | |
inessive | Long Islandissa | Long Islandeissa | |
elative | Long Islandista | Long Islandeista | |
illative | Long Islandiin | Long Islandeihin | |
adessive | Long Islandilla | Long Islandeilla | |
ablative | Long Islandilta | Long Islandeilta | |
allative | Long Islandille | Long Islandeille | |
essive | Long Islandina | Long Islandeina | |
translative | Long Islandiksi | Long Islandeiksi | |
instructive | — | Long Islandein | |
abessive | Long Islanditta | Long Islandeitta | |
comitative | — | Long Islandeineen |