Brooklyn

English

Etymology

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek. See Breukelen at Wikipedia.

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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʊklən/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: Brook‧lyn

Proper noun

Brooklyn

A borough of New York City. It is located on the western end of Long Island.
A female given name of modern usage, also spelled Brooklynn.

Synonyms

(area on western end of Long Island): City of Brooklyn (dated: pre-1898), Borough of Brooklyn, Kings County, King's County

Derived terms

Brooklynite

Descendants

Latin: brooklynensis

Translations

borough of New York City

Chinese:
Cantonese: 布碌崙, 布碌仑 (bou³ luk¹ loen⁴)

Mandarin: 布魯克林 (zh), 布鲁克林 (zh) (Bùlǔkèlín)
Czech: Brooklyn m
Finnish: Brooklyn

Hebrew: ברוקלין‎ (bruqlin)
Portuguese: Brooklyn m, Brooklin m
Russian: Бру́клин (ru) m (Brúklin)
Spanish: Brooklyn (es) n
Yiddish: ברוקלין‎ (Bruklin)

Anagrams

Lynbrook

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Brooklin

Proper noun

Brooklyn m

Brooklyn (a borough of New York City)

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