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Lower East Side

Lower East Side proper noun: a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.

Proper noun

the Lower East Side

  1. A neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
    • It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd.2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times
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Synonyms of Lower East Side

Questions about Lower East Side

What does Lower East Side mean?
Lower East Side means a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
What part of speech is Lower East Side?
Lower East Side is a proper noun.

Words near Lower East Side in the dictionary

  1. lower deck
  2. lower decks
  3. Lower Dibang Valley
  4. Lower Duck Creek
  5. Lower Dyraaba
  6. Lower East Side
  7. Lower Edmonton
  8. Lower Egypt
  9. Lower Egyptian
  10. lower esophageal sphincter
  11. lower esophageal sphincters

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