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New Yorkish

New Yorkish adjective: characteristic of New York City.

Adjective

New Yorkish (comparative more New Yorkish, superlative most New Yorkish)

  1. (informal) Characteristic of New York City.

Synonyms of New Yorkish

Forms of New Yorkish

comparativemore New Yorkish
superlativemost New Yorkish

Origin of New Yorkish

From New York + -ish.

Questions about New Yorkish

What does New Yorkish mean?
New Yorkish means characteristic of New York City.
What part of speech is New Yorkish?
New Yorkish is an adjective.

Words near New Yorkish in the dictionary

  1. New Yorkers
  2. New Yorkese
  3. New Yorkian
  4. New Yorkians
  5. New Yorkiness
  6. New Yorkish
  7. New Yorky
  8. New Zagreb
  9. new zaïre
  10. new zaïres
  11. New Zealand

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