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): /nuˈdʒɝzi/, /njuˈdʒɝzi/

  • Audio (US); /nuˈdʒɝzi/:

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː ˈdʒɜːzi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /njʉː ˈdʒɜːzi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /njʉ ˈd͡ʒɛrze/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛrzɪ/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛrzi/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /njʉː ˈd͡ʒøːzi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi

Proper noun

New Jersey

2. A state in the northeastern United States. Capital: Trenton.
   • 2011 November, Carlton F.W. Larson, “Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights”, in George Washington Law Review‎^[1], volume 80, number 1, archived from the original on 3 August 2025, pages 160-161:

     The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³

   • 2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 May 2025:

     Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

Synonyms

• Garden State (official nickname)
• Garbage State (derogatory, humorous)
• Jersey (US)

Hyponyms

• Jersey City, Newark

Derived terms

• New Jerseian (extremely rare)
• New Jerseyan
• New Jerseyese
• New Jerseyite
• New Jersey sound
• NJ

Translations

a northeast state of the United States of America

• Arabic: نْيُو جِيرْسِي m (nyū jīrsī), نْيُو جِيرْزِي m (nyū jirzī)
• Armenian: Նյու Ջերսի (Nyu J̌ersi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新澤西 / 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 (fr) m, Nouvelle-Jersey (fr) f
• Galician: Nova Iersei f
• Georgian: ნიუ-ჯერსი (niu-ǯersi)
• German: New Jersey (de), Neujersey (obsolete)
• Greek: Νιού Τζέρσεϊ (Nioú Tzérseï)
• Hebrew: ניו ג׳רזי f (nyu jerzi)
• Hindi: न्यू जर्सी (nyū jarsī)
• Indonesian: New Jersey
• Irish: New Jersey, Nua-Gheirsí m
• Italian: New Jersey (it) m, Nuovo Jersey m
• Japanese: ニュージャージー (ja) (Nyūjājī)
• Khmer: ញូចេស៊ី (ñuuceesii), ចេស៊ីថ្មី (ceesiitmii), ញូវជឺស៊ី (ñɨwcɨɨsii)
• Korean: 뉴저지 (Nyujeoji)
• Kyrgyz: Жаңы Жерси (Jaŋı Jersi)
• Lao: ນິວເຈີຊີ (niu chœ̄ sī)
• Latin: Nova Caesarēa f
• Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džersi)
• Munsee: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: Niijéízii hahoodzo
• Norman: Nouvieau Jèrri m
• Norwegian: New Jersey (no)
• Occitan: Nòva Jersey (oc) f
• Persian: نیوجرسی (nyu-jersi)
• Polish: New Jersey (pl)
• Portuguese: Nova Jérsei (pt) f (Brazil), Nova Jérsia f (Portugal)
• Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Њу Џерзи, Nju Džerzi
• Spanish: Nueva Jersey (es) f
• Swedish: New Jersey (sv)
• Thai: นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (niu-jəə-sîi)
• Turkish: New Jersey (tr)
• Ukrainian: Нью-Дже́рсі m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Unami: New Jersey
• Uyghur: يېڭى جېرسېي (yë'ngi jërsëy)
• Welsh: New Jersey
• Yiddish: ניו דזשוירזי (nyu dzhoyrzi)

Further reading

• Category:New Jersey on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• New Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• New Jersey on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• New Jersey on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Danish

Alternative forms

• Ny Jersey (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Jersey.

Proper noun

New Jersey (genitive New Jerseys)

1. New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)yːˌdʒøːsi/, [ˈn(j)yːˌdʒø̞ːs̠i]

Proper noun

New Jersey

1. New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)

Declension

• When written:

Inflection of New Jersey (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		New Jersey	—
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseytä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
		singular	plural
nominative		New Jersey	—
accusative	nom.	New Jersey	—
	gen.	New Jerseyn
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseytä	—
inessive		New Jerseyssä	—
elative		New Jerseystä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
adessive		New Jerseyllä	—
ablative		New Jerseyltä	—
allative		New Jerseylle	—
essive		New Jerseynä	—
translative		New Jerseyksi	—
abessive		New Jerseyttä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of New Jersey (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseyni — accusative nom. New Jerseyni — gen. New Jerseyni genitive New Jerseyni — partitive New Jerseytäni — inessive New Jerseyssäni — elative New Jerseystäni — illative New Jerseyhyni — adessive New Jerseylläni — ablative New Jerseyltäni — allative New Jerseylleni — essive New Jerseynäni — translative New Jerseykseni — abessive New Jerseyttäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseysi — accusative nom. New Jerseysi — gen. New Jerseysi genitive New Jerseysi — partitive New Jerseytäsi — inessive New Jerseyssäsi — elative New Jerseystäsi — illative New Jerseyhysi — adessive New Jerseylläsi — ablative New Jerseyltäsi — allative New Jerseyllesi — essive New Jerseynäsi — translative New Jerseyksesi — abessive New Jerseyttäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseymme — accusative nom. New Jerseymme — gen. New Jerseymme genitive New Jerseymme — partitive New Jerseytämme — inessive New Jerseyssämme — elative New Jerseystämme — illative New Jerseyhymme — adessive New Jerseyllämme — ablative New Jerseyltämme — allative New Jerseyllemme — essive New Jerseynämme — translative New Jerseyksemme — abessive New Jerseyttämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseynne — accusative nom. New Jerseynne — gen. New Jerseynne genitive New Jerseynne — partitive New Jerseytänne — inessive New Jerseyssänne — elative New Jerseystänne — illative New Jerseyhynne — adessive New Jerseyllänne — ablative New Jerseyltänne — allative New Jerseyllenne — essive New Jerseynänne — translative New Jerseyksenne — abessive New Jerseyttänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseynsä — accusative nom. New Jerseynsä — gen. New Jerseynsä genitive New Jerseynsä — partitive New Jerseytään New Jerseytänsä — inessive New Jerseyssään New Jerseyssänsä — elative New Jerseystään New Jerseystänsä — illative New Jerseyhynsä — adessive New Jerseyllään New Jerseyllänsä — ablative New Jerseyltään New Jerseyltänsä — allative New Jerseylleen New Jerseyllensä — essive New Jerseynään New Jerseynänsä — translative New Jerseykseen New Jerseyksensä — abessive New Jerseyttään New Jerseyttänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

• When spoken:

Inflection of New Jersey (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		New Jersey	—
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseyä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
		singular	plural
nominative		New Jersey	—
accusative	nom.	New Jersey	—
	gen.	New Jerseyn
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseyä	—
inessive		New Jerseyssä	—
elative		New Jerseystä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
adessive		New Jerseyllä	—
ablative		New Jerseyltä	—
allative		New Jerseylle	—
essive		New Jerseynä	—
translative		New Jerseyksi	—
abessive		New Jerseyttä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of New Jersey (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseyni — accusative nom. New Jerseyni — gen. New Jerseyni genitive New Jerseyni — partitive New Jerseyäni — inessive New Jerseyssäni — elative New Jerseystäni — illative New Jerseyhyni — adessive New Jerseylläni — ablative New Jerseyltäni — allative New Jerseylleni — essive New Jerseynäni — translative New Jerseykseni — abessive New Jerseyttäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseysi — accusative nom. New Jerseysi — gen. New Jerseysi genitive New Jerseysi — partitive New Jerseyäsi — inessive New Jerseyssäsi — elative New Jerseystäsi — illative New Jerseyhysi — adessive New Jerseylläsi — ablative New Jerseyltäsi — allative New Jerseyllesi — essive New Jerseynäsi — translative New Jerseyksesi — abessive New Jerseyttäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseymme — accusative nom. New Jerseymme — gen. New Jerseymme genitive New Jerseymme — partitive New Jerseyämme — inessive New Jerseyssämme — elative New Jerseystämme — illative New Jerseyhymme — adessive New Jerseyllämme — ablative New Jerseyltämme — allative New Jerseyllemme — essive New Jerseynämme — translative New Jerseyksemme — abessive New Jerseyttämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseynne — accusative nom. New Jerseynne — gen. New Jerseynne genitive New Jerseynne — partitive New Jerseyänne — inessive New Jerseyssänne — elative New Jerseystänne — illative New Jerseyhynne — adessive New Jerseyllänne — ablative New Jerseyltänne — allative New Jerseyllenne — essive New Jerseynänne — translative New Jerseyksenne — abessive New Jerseyttänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative New Jerseynsä — accusative nom. New Jerseynsä — gen. New Jerseynsä genitive New Jerseynsä — partitive New Jerseyään New Jerseyänsä — inessive New Jerseyssään New Jerseyssänsä — elative New Jerseystään New Jerseystänsä — illative New Jerseyhynsä — adessive New Jerseyllään New Jerseyllänsä — ablative New Jerseyltään New Jerseyltänsä — allative New Jerseylleen New Jerseyllensä — essive New Jerseynään New Jerseynänsä — translative New Jerseykseen New Jerseyksensä — abessive New Jerseyttään New Jerseyttänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Alternative forms

• Nuovo Jersey (obsolete)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ɲuˈd͡ʒɛr.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛrsi

Proper noun

New Jersey m

1. New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲu ˈd͡ʐɛr.zi/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: New Jer‧sey

Proper noun

New Jersey m inan (indeclinable)

1. New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)

Further reading

• New Jersey in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• New Jersey in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲu d͡ʒerzi/, [ˈɲu ˈd͡ʒerzi]
• Rhymes: -erzi

Proper noun

New Jersey n

1. New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)

References

• “New Jersey”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Unami

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnuː ˈt͡ʃəː.siː/ (phonetic respelling: Nu Chàsi)

Proper noun

New Jersey inan

1. (hapax legomenon) New Jersey (a state of the United States)
   • 1968, Nora Thompson Dean, “Nati Knuchihëweokàn! [Go Get Your Witch Medicine!]”, in Lenape Talking Dictionary‎^[3]:

     Nèki lëkhìkwi nèki Lënapeyok òk Wënètkok kixki wikhatuwàk wèhènchiopànk Pennsylvania òk New Jersey tali.

     At that time the Delawares and the Nanticokes lived near each other there in the East in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “New_Jersey”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project