Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in the Adirondack Mountains of northeast New York and flowing about 510 km (315 mi) generally southward to Upper New York Bay at New York City.
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- proper noun The river flowing South from upstate
NY down theHudson valley , past Manhattan, out into theAtlantic Ocean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
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Examples
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While the former two became known as the Hudson River and Delaware River, the East River remains stuck with a placeholder name.
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The swooping, white glass wonder that has risen alongside the Hudson River is the meeting of two notoriously strong-willed minds.
I'll Take Manhattan 2009
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Ironically, this year the Hudson River was the site of an event of upmost exuberance when Capt.
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And we're told shortly, after takeoff, it went into the Hudson River, which is not very far away, as you know, from La Guardia Airport.
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You know, obviously, if you ` re going to crash a plane, the Hudson River is a good place to do it.
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This far south, the Hudson River is a tidal estuary, containing salt water from the Atlantic Ocean.
Restoring the Bronx Spangler, Adam 2008
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The swooping, white glass wonder that has risen alongside the Hudson River is the meeting of two notoriously strong-willed minds.
diller@gehry.nyc Goldberger, Paul 2007
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The swooping, white glass wonder that has risen alongside the Hudson River is the meeting of two notoriously strong-willed minds.
diller@gehry.nyc Goldberger, Paul 2007
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The swooping, white-glass wonder that has risen alongside the Hudson River is the meeting of two notoriously strong-willed minds.
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Entergy\'s Indian Point sitting on an earthquake fault, located 24 miles from Manhattan on the Hudson River is a identical problem plagued plant waiting for a significant accident to occur.
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