CONEY ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coney Island mean? 

• CONEY ISLAND (noun)
  The noun CONEY ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center

  Familiarity information: CONEY ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONEY ISLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city district (a district of a town or city)

Holonyms ("Coney Island" is a part of...):

Brooklyn (a borough of New York City)

 Context examples 

So I didn't know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island or for how many hours he "glanced into rooms" while his house blazed gaudily on.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Does it?" He turned his eyes toward it absently. "I have been glancing into some of the rooms. Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)