New York

New York
New York former New Amsterdam (city), New Netherlands (colony), renamed after British acquisition in 1664 in honor of the Duke of York and Albany (1633-1701), the future James II, who had an interest in the territory. See YORK (Cf. York). Related: New Yorker. New York minute "very short time" attested by 1976.

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