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  • proper noun An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
  • proper noun A borough of New York City, mainly on Manhattan Island.
  • noun A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.

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  • noun one of the five boroughs of New York City
  • noun a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters

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Examples

  • Mr. Kelly said the expansion of the so-called ring of steel, an interconnected web of thousands of video cameras, from lower manhattan to midtown Manhattan would cost $40 million and that five years from now, "a robust system" will be in place.

    NYPD Weighs New Posts Abroad 2010

  • ROBERT MORGENTHAU, MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Halderman waited outside Mr. Letterman's Manhattan home at 6: 00 a.m. on September 9th to deliver a letter and other materials to him as he was leaving for work.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009 2009

  • ROBERT MORGENTHAU, MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Halderman waited outside Mr. Letterman's Manhattan home at 6: 00 a.m. on September 9 to deliver a letter and other materials to him as he was leaving for work.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009 2009

  • ROBERT MORGENTHAU, MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Halderman waited outside Mr. Letterman's Manhattan home at 6: 00 a.m. on September 9th to deliver a letter and other materials to him as he was leaving for work.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009 2009

  • ROBERT MORGENTHAU, MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY: The investigation leading to today's indictment revealed that Halderman waited outside Mr. Letterman's Manhattan home at 6: 00 a.m. on September 9 to deliver a letter and other materials to him as he was leaving for work.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009 2009

  • A new 'Manhattan Project' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A new \'Manhattan Project\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: An article published in the Atlanta Journal newspaper June 19th, 2008 calling for a new and dynamic form of the Manhattan Project, famous for developing the Atom Bomb for the Allies during World War II.

    A new 'Manhattan Project' 2008

  • MAN AND MOM HIT MANHATTAN When a guy in his 40's from Atlanta got transferred to Manhattan, he had to figure out how to make everything from his 4,000-square-foot house fit into a New York City apartment-especially his mom, who lives with him.

    Graduating Upstairs 2002

  • COUPLE MOVES BACK TO MANHATTAN FOR THE SCHOOLS Years ago, a family moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn and bought this three-story, 1905 townhouse with a formal dining room, large center staircase and a full English basement (which means it has windows).

    Goldie Hawn Socks It To Gramercy Park: Let My Daughter In! 2000

  • MANHATTAN (KS) - "This Saturday night, March 13, the Riley County Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the south-central section of Manhattan"

    LA IMC Checkpoint response 2010

  • TARGET'S FIRST MANHATTAN STORE: Target is officially opening its first Manhattan store

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

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