york
part of speech
proper noun (York; New York)
meaning for a pupil
1) York is an old city in the north of England, famous for its walls, its cathedral (York Minster) and the Vikings. tree →
2) York is most often heard in New York, a big city and a state in the USA. tree →
3) York is also part of other place names, like York in Canada (Toronto was once called York). tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and history lessons, New York City is the largest city in the USA, with the Statue of Liberty and skyscrapers; New York State is one of the 50 states. The English city of York was a Roman and Viking town. In the dictionary, «york» appears as part of a name, so it is written with a capital letter: York, New York.
examples
- 'The Path," 144, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.+by+Isidor+Kalisch.+New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- New York, 1877 tree →
- license: Public Domain tree →
- versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- York is a city in the north of England. tree →
- The Vikings called York «Jorvik». tree →
- We walked along the old walls of York. tree →
- New York City is the biggest city in the USA. tree →
- The Statue of Liberty is in New York. tree →
- New York is also the name of a state. tree →
- My cousin lives in New York and takes the subway. tree →
- The Duke of York is a famous title in Britain. tree →
- Locke, and originally published in New York. tree →
note
A name, so always with a capital: York, New York. «New York» can mean the city or the state, so check which one. A New Yorker is someone from New York. «Yorkshire» is an area of England around York.
In the corpora
- Breaking, or breakdancing, started in New York in the 1970s and was an Olympic sport for the first time at Paris 2024.
- Salsa grew up in New York and the Caribbean from Cuban and Puerto Rican music.
- In New York, Clementine's parents miss her school play because of a work trip; they send flowers and a video call.
- In York, Poppy-Ann comes home with 5 out of 20 in spelling and waits for trouble.
- In New York, Ezra's baby brother has a heart problem and needs an operation; Ezra hears his parents crying.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «york» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.