English Dictionary

BROOKLYN

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brooklyn mean? 

BROOKLYN (noun)
  The noun BROOKLYN has 1 sense:

1. a borough of New York Cityplay

  Familiarity information: BROOKLYN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROOKLYN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A borough of New York City

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

borough (one of the administrative divisions of a large city)

Meronyms (parts of "Brooklyn"):

Coney Island (a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center)

Holonyms ("Brooklyn" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)


 Context examples 


We had taken and furnished a little house in Brooklyn, and our whole future seemed assured when that black cloud appeared which was soon to overspread our sky.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Little by little and bit by bit." (English proverb)

"All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them." (Native American proverb, Arapaho)

"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep." (Arabic proverb)

"Flatter the mother to get the girl." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact