New Jersey

English

Map of US highlighting New Jersey

Etymology

From Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands near the coast of Normandy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /nuːˈdʒɝzi/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi

Proper noun

New Jersey

1. A northeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Trenton.

Synonyms

• Jersey (US)

Derived terms

• New Jerseyan
• New Jerseyite
• NJ

Translations

a northeast state of the United States of America

• Arabic: نيو جيرسي‎‎, نْيُوجِيرْزِي‎‎ m (nyūjirzī)
• Armenian: Նյու Ջերսի (Nyu J̌ersi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新澤西 (zh), 新泽西 (zh) (Xīn-Zéxī)

• Czech: New Jersey (cs)
• Danish: New Jersey
• Dutch: New Jersey (nl)
• Esperanto: Nov-Ĵerzejo
• Finnish: New Jersey (fi)
• French: New Jersey
• Galician: Nova Iersei f
• Georgian: ნიუ-ჯერსი (niu-ǯersi)
• German: New Jersey, Neujersey (obsolete)
• Hindi: न्यू जर्सी (n'yū jarsī)
• Indonesian: New Jersey
• Irish: New Jersey, Nua-Gheirsí m
• Japanese: ニュージャージー (Nyū-Jājī)

• Korean: 뉴저지 (Nyujeoji)
• Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džérsi)
• Navajo: Niijéízii hahoodzo
• Norwegian: New Jersey
• Occitan: Nòva Jersey (oc) f
• Persian: نیوجرسی‎‎ (nyu-jersi)
• Polish: New Jersey
• Portuguese: Nova Jérsei (pt) f
• Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Њу Џерзи, Nju Džerzi
• Spanish: Nueva Jersey (es) f
• Swedish: New Jersey
• Thai: นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (niu-jəə-sîi)
• Turkish: New Jersey
• Welsh: New Jersey
• Yiddish: ניו דזשוירזי‎‎ (nyu dzhoyrzi)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in New Jersey

Further reading

• New Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Ny Jersey (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Jersey.

Proper noun

New Jersey (genitive New Jerseys)

1. New Jersey