coney island
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Coney Island¹
Where it comes from
From Dutch Konijneneiland, from konijn[en] (“rabbit[s]”) + eiland (“island”), literally “island of rabbits”; equivalent to cony + island.
proper noun
- A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known for its boardwalk and amusement parks. From 1916 to 1930, Fleischer would dress up as a Coney Island clown and have animators rotoscope films of him as Koko the Clown.
noun Coney Islands · coney island
- A Coney Island hot dog. The waiter slammed the Coney Islands down in front of them....
- A type of restaurant selling Coney Island hot dogs, popular in the northern United States, particularly in Michigan. The Detroit-themed hotel, opened in 2012 was the first American location (and one of the few Coney Islands of any brand) outside Michigan to offer the same mouthwatering food as the original.
coney island²
noun coney islands
- Alternative letter-case form of Coney Island (“hot dog”). He knew there wasn't anything I liked better than a coney island and a strawberry Nehi.
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title = {coney island},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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