英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˌlɑŋ ˈaɪlənd/
  • (New York City) IPA: [ˌɫɔə̯ŋ(ɡ̊) ˈɑɪ̯ɫənd̥]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/

語源 1

• (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs.
• (Antigua and Barbuda) The island is named for its elongated shape.

固有名詞

Long Island

1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York.

   Meronym: East End

   • 1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:

     B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.

2. (strictly) region of New York state consisting of Nassau County and Suffolk County, to the exclusion of Brooklyn and Queens (the parts of the island found in New York City).
   • 2017 March 27, Priscila Korb, “'Shark Tank'-Winning Business Moves To Long Island”, in Patch‎, archived from the original on 6 September 2024:

     After receiving a $2 million investment on the show, the company moved its headquarters from Queens to Long Island.

   • 2019 September 26, Brekke Fletcher, “Fall in the Hamptons means the happiest hour of all”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 1 October 2019:

     As enviable as summer in the Hamptons can be -- stunning weather, beaches, greenery, produce, and yes, people -- autumn is when the east end of Long Island becomes truly magical.

3. An island of Antigua and Barbuda.
4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.

派生語

関連する語

• LIRR

名詞

Long Island (plural Long Islands)

1. (informal) A Long Island iced tea.

語源 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

固有名詞

Long Island

1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.

同意語

• Yuma (original Arawak name)
• Fernandina (name by Christopher Columbus)