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Manhattan Island

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Noun1.Manhattan IslandManhattan Island - an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located
Greater New York, New York, New York City - the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center


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Notwithstanding the house of Miss Emmerson stood in the midst of the numberless villas that adorn Manhattan Island, the habits of its mistress were retiring and domestic.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
It obliged the Vaterland to come about in that direction, and made her roll a great deal as she went to and fro over Manhattan Island.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
Sam pulled over, therefore, under the lee of Manhattan Island, and, coasting along, came to a snug nook, just under a steep, beetling rock, where he fastened his skiff to the root of a tree that shot out from a cleft, and spread its broad branches like a canopy over the water.
Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context
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