New York , City, United States
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NEW YORK , city, United States city (1990 pop. 7...789.4 sq km), SE N.Y., largest city in the United States and one of the largest...across the East River; Brooklyn (Kings co.), also...adjoining Queens and on New York Bay; and Staten Island...encompasses parts of SE New York state, NE New Jersey, and...Connecticut. The port of New York (which is now centered...date back to the mid-19th cent. African Americans...Haiti, the Soviet Union and Russia, and Africa...