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Top 10 US Cities and Regions: New York

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Top US 10 Cities and Regions - New York

The state of New York is located in the northeastern region of the United States. New York is
bordered by Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on the west; the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in
Canada on the north; the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic
Ocean to the east; and the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south.

This state encompasses 54,556 square miles, which are divided into sixty-two counties. New
York is the twenty-seventh largest state in the United States. The capital of New York is
Albany. The largest city is New York City, which is currently the most populous city in the
United States. Other large cities in New York include Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse,
Schenectady, Utica, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and New Rochelle. Based on the 2010 census,
the state's population was 19,378,102.

The vast majority of the state of New York is made up of forests, rivers, lakes, mountains,
and farms. The major industries include finance, communications, international trade,
publishing, fashion, farming, and tourism.

Both the state of New York and the city of New York were named for the seventeenth
century Duke of York, James Stuart. This area was originally inhabited by the Native
American tribes of Algonquian, Iroquois, and Lenape. It was claimed by Henry Hudson in
1609 for Dutch settlers, and they formed the colony of New Netherland, which was taken
2 over by the British in 1664. About a third of the Revolutionary War battles took place in this
state. In 1788, New York became the eleventh U.S. state.

Tourist attractions in New York include Ellis Island, the main facility for immigrants
entering the United States who arrived between 1892 and 1954. The Statue of Liberty is
located in New York and was given to the United States as a gift from France to celebrate the
centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. Niagara Falls is another popular
tourist destination, along with New York City.

Vocabulary

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province a territory in a country or empire noun
which is governed as an
administrative or political unit
battle armed fighting between two noun
opposing forces
immigrant someone who leaves one country noun
to settle permanently in another
to celebrate to observe with festivities or verb
ceremonies
declaration an explicit, formal announcement noun
to inhabit to live, to reside verb
centennial a 100th anniversary noun
tribe a group consisting of a number of noun
families or clans who are of the
same race, ancestry and culture
colony a distant territory inhabited by a noun
group of emigrants or their
descendants which remains
connected to and is governed by
the home country
facility a place built for a particular noun
purpose

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Vocabulary Sample Sentences
The main industry of the province is forestry.
There were over a million casualties in the Battle of the Somme.
This town was originally settled by European immigrants.
The whole town celebrated together.
They celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday.
He made a declaration of his love for her in front of everyone.
Deer inhabit these woods.
Our school celebrated its centennial last year.
There are many isolated tribes in the Andaman Islands.
The United States was originally a group of British colonies.
The hotel had great facilities.
The park has a community hall and other event facilities on the grounds.

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Cultural Insight

Some little known facts about the State of New York include:
New York is the only state that touches both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
The nickname for New York is "The Empire State".
The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the U.S. (641 miles).
The first railroad in the U.S. ran between Albany and Schenectady - a distance of 11 miles.

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