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| borough |
one of the five divisions of New York City: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Richmond (Staten Island), Queens, and the Bronx. [1/2 definitions] |
| east |
When someone is from the east, it means that they are from the eastern part of a country or area. In America, if someone lives in New York City or Boston, for example, they live in the east. [1/5 definitions] |
| eastern |
When you walk in an eastern direction, you walk toward the east. When you live in the eastern part of the country, it means that you live in the part of the country that is in the east. In America, some of the eastern states are Maine, New York, and New Jersey. [1/2 definitions] |
| Iroquois |
a member of a large, united group of American Indian peoples of New York State. The Iroquois confederacy is made up of six different Indian nations. |
| Lake Erie |
one of the Great Lakes of North America, bordering the province of Ontario in Canada and the states of New York, Pennyslvania, Ohio, and Michigan in the United States. |
| Lake Ontario |
the smallest of the Great Lakes on the continent of North America. Lake Ontario lies between the state of New York in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada. |
| major |
If something is major, it is big or bigger than other things that are like it. A major city, is a big city. New York, Tokyo, Mumbai, London, Cairo, and Mexico City are some of the major cities in the world. [1/4 definitions] |
| Mohawk |
an important river of New York State. It flows east from central New York toward the Atlantic. [2 definitions] |
| New York |
a city in the southeast corner of this state; New York City. [1/2 definitions] |
| New York City |
a metropolis in the southeast corner of New York State. |
| NY |
abbreviation of "New York." |
| Ontario |
Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes. It lies between the state of New York and the province of Ontario. [1/2 definitions] |
| Statue of Liberty |
a huge copper statue of a woman representing liberty, given to the United States by France and located on an island in the New York City harbor. |
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