Long Island

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): [ˌlɔəŋ(ɡ) ˈɑɪlənd]

Etymology 1

• (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs.

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Proper noun

Long Island

1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York.
   • 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.

   Meronym: East End

2. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.

Derived terms

• Lawn Guyland (eye dialect)
• Long Island City
• Long Islander
• Long Island iced tea
• Strong Island (slang)

Related terms

• LIRR

Translations

island in New York

• Algonquin: Paumanok
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長島 (zh), 长岛 (zh) (Chángdǎo)

• Finnish: Long Island (fi)
• Italian: Long Island

• Japanese: ロングアイランド (ronguairando)
• Ojibwe: Minisi
• Russian: Лонг-А́йленд m (Long-Ájlend)
• Spanish: Long Island

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

windward shore of Long Island, The Bahamas

Proper noun

Long Island

1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.

Synonyms

• Yuma (original Arawak name)
• Fernandina (name by Christopher Columbus)

Translations

a district of the Bahamas

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長島 (zh), 长岛 (zh) (Chángdǎo)

• Finnish: Long Island (fi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Long Island

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Finnish

Proper noun

Long Island

1. Long Island (any place called "Long Island" in English, particularly an island to the east of New York City)

Declension

• 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

Possessive forms of Long Island (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Long Islandini	Long Islandimme
2nd person	Long Islandisi	Long Islandinne
3rd person	Long Islandinsa