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Vinony

New Yorker

proper noun

  1. someone from New York City
  2. someone from the state of New York
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English New York Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English New Yorker From New York + -er.

  1. A native or resident of the state of New York in the United States of America.
  2. A native or resident of New York City.

    “This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.”

    “To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too. […] Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad.”

  3. A New York-style pizza, a type of large pizza originally eaten in New York City.