Bronx

Bronx

English

Etymology

Blend of Bronck +‎ -'s. After immigrant settler Jonas Bronck (1600–1643) of New Netherlands onto the peninsula north of Manhattan Island.

• (region): Originally Bronck's Land, the land in the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
• (river): Originally Bronck's River, a river bordering the region settled by Jonas Bronck.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹɒŋks/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹɑŋks/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋks, -ɑŋks

Proper noun

Bronx

1. Ellipsis of The Bronx.: a borough of New York City, New York, United States.
2. Ellipsis of The Bronx River.: a river downstate in New York State.

Usage notes

The term is always preceded by the definite article "the", and thus expressed as the Bronx.

Derived terms

• Bronx cheer
• Bronx County

Translations

borough of New York City

Chinese: Mandarin: 布朗克斯 (zh) (Bùlǎngkèsī) Esperanto: Bronkso Finnish: Bronx French: Bronx (fr) m Greek: Μπρονξ (el) n (Bronx) Japanese: ブロンクス (buronkusu) Polish: Bronx (pl) m Portuguese: Bronx m Russian: Бронкс m (Bronks) Yiddish: בראָנקס‎ (bronks)

Noun

Bronx

1. A cocktail containing gin, vermouth and orange juice.

Further reading

• The Bronx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Bronx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroŋks/, [ˈbro̞ŋks̠]

Proper noun

Bronx

1. the Bronx (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)

Declension

Inflection of Bronx (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Bronx	—
genitive		Bronxin	—
partitive		Bronxia	—
illative		Bronxiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bronx	—
accusative	nom.	Bronx	—
	gen.	Bronxin
genitive		Bronxin	—
partitive		Bronxia	—
inessive		Bronxissa	—
elative		Bronxista	—
illative		Bronxiin	—
adessive		Bronxilla	—
ablative		Bronxilta	—
allative		Bronxille	—
essive		Bronxina	—
translative		Bronxiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Bronxitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Bronx (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Bronxini	Bronximme
2nd person	Bronxisi	Bronxinne
3rd person	Bronxinsa

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bronx m

1. the Bronx (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)