Coney Island

Coney Island
Coney Island community in Brooklyn, N.Y., so called for the rabbits once found there (see CONEY (Cf. coney)) and was known to the Dutch as Konijn Eiland, from which the English name probably derives. It emerged as a resort and amusement park center after the U.S. Civil War.

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  • Coney Island — [kō′nē] [< Du Konynen Eyland, rabbit island] beach & amusement park in Brooklyn, N.Y., on a peninsula, formerly an island, at the SW end of Long Island …   English World dictionary

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