纽约市(New York City)
纽约州东南部城市，位於哈得逊河口。美国最大城市，重要海港。下设五个行政区：布隆克斯、布鲁克林、曼哈顿、皇后区和斯塔顿岛。此地当初是曼哈顿岛上的一个荷兰人交易场所，1626年由荷兰人总督米纽伊特从印第安人手中买下，建立起名为新阿姆斯特丹的殖民地。1664年此地归降英国，更名纽约。1784～1797年间它是纽约州的首府，1789～1790间曾一度作为美国首都。1825年伊利运河开挖後当地经济起飞，整个城市在美国南北战争结束後迅速扩展，交通通讯得以发展。1898年五个行政区合并为一个统一的城市。该城是一个贸易、金融、媒体、艺术、娱乐以及时装的世界中心，长期以来一直是各国移民向往的目的地。由於纽约市扮演着世界商务中心的重要角色，它也成了恐怖主义的一个目标。2001年9月，恐怖分子劫持的数架飞机有预谋地撞入世界贸易中心两栋大楼，摧毁了大楼以及附近的一些建筑。这次攻击杀死了成千人。人口8,008,278（2000）。
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New York City
City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and an important seaport, it consists of five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The site of a Dutch trading post on Manhattan Island, it was colonized as New Amsterdam by Dutch director general Peter Minuit, who bought it from the Indians in 1626. The colony surrendered to the British in 1664 and was renamed New York. It was the capital of the state 1784-1797 and of the U.S. 1789-90. The economy grew after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, and the city expanded rapidly after the American Civil War, developing transportation and communications systems. In 1898 the five boroughs were merged into a single city. Long a magnet for immigrants to the U.S., it is a center of world trade and finance, media, art, entertainment, and fashion. Because of its prominence and its central role in world commerce, the city was a target for acts of terrorism. In September 2001, hijackers intentionally flew airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, destroying them and several adjacent buildings; the attacks killed thousands of people.