Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
* (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs. * (Antigua and Barbuda) The island is named for its elongated shape.
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* (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs. * (Antigua and Barbuda) The island is named for its elongated shape.
B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
After receiving a $2 million investment on the show, the company moved its headquarters from Queens to Long Island.2017 March 27, Priscila Korb, “'Shark Tank'-Winning Business Moves To Long Island”, in Patch, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2024:
As enviable as summer in the Hamptons can be -- stunning weather, beaches, greenery, produce, and yes, people -- autumn is when the east end of Long Island becomes truly magical.2019 September 26, Brekke Fletcher, “Fall in the Hamptons means the happiest hour of all”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2019:
Long Island iced tea · Long Island City · Lawn Guyland · Strong Island · Long Island Sound · Long Islander
fi Long Island (island in New York) · it Long Island (island in New York) · es Long Island (island in New York) · alq Paumanok (island in New York) · ka ლონგ-აილენდი (island in New York) · ru Лонг-А́йленд (island in New York) · ja ロングアイランド (island in New York) · cmn 長島 /长岛 (island in New York)
cmn 長島 /长岛 (a district of the Bahamas) · fi Long Island (a district of the Bahamas) · es Long Island (a district of the Bahamas)