Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Hudson River between western Long Island and northeast New Jersey. It is divided into Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay by the Narrows.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River
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Examples
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Hudson, however, was not the discoverer of this grand river, for, eighty-five years earlier, the Florentine, Giovanni da Verrazano sailed on what is now called New York Bay, and in 1525 another Catholic mariner,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The New York Police Department had to make a number of rescues in Staten Island starting on Saturday night, when they pulled two kayakers from the lower New York Bay off of the Mayberry Promenade.
Staten Island, Queens Take Beating Dana Mattioli 2011
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A grand 70 foot long terrace with stunning views of the Narrows and New York Bay overwhelms you before you even enter the front door.
Return of Real Estate Porn Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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A grand 70 foot long terrace with stunning views of the Narrows and New York Bay overwhelms you before you even enter the front door.
Archive 2008-07-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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His is the first post-Columbian description of the North Atlantic coast, and gives the first description of New York Bay and harbour and the present Hudson River.
Giovanni de Verazzano de Brantigny........................ 2008
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On April 17, 1524, he dropped anchor in New York Bay, making him the first documented European to touch the shores of what is now known as Manhattan.
Archive 2008-07-01 Julianne Douglas 2008
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On April 17, 1524, he dropped anchor in New York Bay, making him the first documented European to touch the shores of what is now known as Manhattan.
I Heart New Angoulême? Julianne Douglas 2008
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His is the first post-Columbian description of the North Atlantic coast, and gives the first description of New York Bay and harbour and the present Hudson River.
Archive 2008-02-17 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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There is fire at the base of SOL because a tanker exploded in New York Bay.
Cloverfield TV Commercial #7 - Their Only Hope Is Each Other Dennis 2007
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This is a two-alarm warehouse fire in New York City, Brooklyn, the Green Point section, appears to be right on the shores of lower New York Bay there.
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