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Long Island¹

  • /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/ US
  • /ˌlɑŋ ˈaɪlənd/ cot caught merger
  • [ˌɫɔə̯ŋ(ɡ̊)ˈɑɪ̯ɫənd̥] New York City
  • /ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/ UK

Where it comes from

* (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.

proper noun

  1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York. 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.
  2. region of New York state consisting of Nassau County and Suffolk County, to the exclusion of Brooklyn and Queens (the parts of the island found in New York City). After receiving a $2 million investment on the show, the company moved its headquarters from Queens to Long Island.
  3. An island of Antigua and Barbuda.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.

noun Long Islands

  1. informal A Long Island iced tea.

Long Island²

  • /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/ US
  • /ˌlɑŋ ˈaɪlənd/ cot caught merger
  • [ˌɫɔə̯ŋ(ɡ̊)ˈɑɪ̯ɫənd̥] New York City
  • /ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/ UK

proper noun

  1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.

    Similar: Yuma, Fernandina

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name island in New York

EspañolLong Island
日本語ロングアイランド ronguairando
中文長島 /长岛 Chángdǎo
ItalianoLong Island
РусскийЛонг-А́йленд Long-Ájlend

name a district of the Bahamas

EspañolLong Island
中文長島 /长岛 Chángdǎo

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"Long Island." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/long%20island. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Long Island. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/long%20island

Chicago

"Long Island." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/long%20island.

BibTeX
@misc{long_island_2026,
  title = {Long Island},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long%20island},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}