New Jersey

English

Map of US highlighting New Jersey

Etymology

From Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands near the coast of Normandy.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /nuːˈdʒɝzi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi

Proper noun

A northeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Trenton.

Synonyms

Jersey (US)

Derived terms

New Jerseian (extremely rare)
New Jerseyan
New Jerseyite
NJ

Translations

a northeast state of the United States of America

Arabic: نيو جيرسي‎, نْيُوجِيرْزِي‎ m (nyūjirzī)
Armenian: Նյու Ջերսի (Nyu J̌ersi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新澤西 (zh), 新泽西 (zh) (Xīn-Zéxī)
Czech: New Jersey (cs)
Danish: New Jersey
Dutch: New Jersey (nl)
Esperanto: Nov-Ĵerzejo
Finnish: New Jersey (fi)
French: New Jersey
Galician: Nova Iersei f
Georgian: ნიუ-ჯერსი (niu-ǯersi)
German: New Jersey, Neujersey (obsolete)
Hindi: न्यू जर्सी (n'yū jarsī)
Indonesian: New Jersey
Irish: New Jersey, Nua-Gheirsí m
Japanese: ニュージャージー (Nyū-Jājī)

Korean: 뉴저지 (Nyujeoji)
Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džérsi)
Navajo: Niijéízii hahoodzo
Norwegian: New Jersey
Occitan: Nòva Jersey (oc) f
Persian: نیوجرسی‎ (nyu-jersi)
Polish: New Jersey
Portuguese: Nova Jérsei (pt) f
Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
Serbo-Croatian: Њу Џерзи, Nju Džerzi
Spanish: Nueva Jersey (es) f
Swedish: New Jersey
Thai: นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (niu-jəə-sîi)
Turkish: New Jersey
Welsh: New Jersey
Yiddish: ניו דזשוירזי‎ (nyu dzhoyrzi)

See also

Appendix:Place names in New Jersey

Further reading

New Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Alternative forms

Ny Jersey (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Jersey.

Proper noun

New Jersey (genitive New Jerseys)

New Jersey

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