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MANHATTAN ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manhattan Island mean? 

MANHATTAN ISLAND (noun)
  The noun MANHATTAN ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is locatedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MANHATTAN ISLAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Manhattan Island" 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)


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