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  • New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.

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  • proper noun Nickname for the U.S. state of New York.
  • proper noun Empire State Building

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  • noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

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Examples

  • As New York is the most populous State of the Union, having the largest representation in Congress — on which account it has been called the Empire State — I propose to state, as shortly as may be, the nature of its separate constitution as a State.

    North America 1862

  • As New York is the most populous State of the Union, having the largest representation in Congress -- on which account it has been called the Empire State -- I propose to state, as shortly as may be, the nature of its separate constitution as a State.

    North America — Volume 1 Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Due out on Europe-based Countdown Records, the record is titled Empire State and is due out

    Punknews.org 2009

  • Readings below zero for the so-called Empire State index signal manufacturing is shrinking.

    The Skeptical Speculator 2008

  • As I stood on the fantail and looked back at the wake of the training ship the Empire State, I felt that it created a smooth sea in its path.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • In the wake of the 2000 Census, the Empire State is losing two congressional seats, probably including one Democrat-held seat from downstate.

    For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall via social media 2011

  • But they call themselves the New York football Giants, and they haven't played the team actually based in the Empire State since 2007.

    This Week Has to Be Better, Doesn't It? Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

  • In the wake of the 2000 Census, the Empire State is losing two congressional seats, probably including one Democrat-held seat from downstate.

    For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall via social media 2011

  • But many lately have come from the Empire State – from the densely packed, hyper-caffeinated New York City area to the rural communities and industrial cities upstate.

    Why So Many Sex Scandals, New York? AP 2011

  • To understand how New York earned its nickname as the Empire State, take a trip along Interstate 90 west of Albany.

    The Empire State Can Rise Again Jonathan Cohen 2011

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