Big Apple

English Etymology Popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald in horse-racing articles in the 1920s - an apple being a treat for a horse, and New York being a prize location for horse-racing at the time. From usage among African American stable hands. See Big Apple#Etymology the Wikipedia article. The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York. Pronunciation en /ˌbɪɡ ˈæ.pəl/ en LL-Q7976 (mis)-BFDICream-Big Apple.wav US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Big Apple.wav Southern England Proper noun Big Apple 1 en Q14435en @nickname for:New York City major city s/New York c/USA. en 1976 w:Joni Mitchell Song for Sharon Hejira (album) Hejira Sharon, I left my manAt a North Dakota junctionAnd I came out to the Big Apple hereTo face the dream's malfunction Translations nickname for New York City Armenian: hy Մեծ խնձոր Basque: eu Sagar Handia Bulgarian: bg Голя́мата я́бълка f Catalan: ca Gran Poma f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大蘋果 Dà Píngguǒ Corsican: co Grande Mela f Esperanto: eo Granda Pomo Estonian: et Suur Õun Finnish: fi Iso Omena French: fr Grosse Pomme f, fr Big Apple f Galician: gl Gran Mazá f Georgian: ka დიდი ვაშლი German: de Big Apple m Greek: el Μεγάλο Μήλο n Hungarian: hu Nagy Alma Italian: it Grande Mela f Japanese: ja ビッグ・アップル Biggu Appuru Korean: ko ^빅 ^애플 Mongolian: mn Том Алим Polish: pl Wielkie Jabłko n Portuguese: pt Grande Maçã f Russian: ru Большо́е я́блоко n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Велика Ја̏бука f Latin: sh Velika Jȁbuka f Spanish: es Gran Manzana f See also en Big Peach References 1924 John J. Fitz Gerald Around the Big Apple New York Morning Telegraph https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/first_big_apple_explanation_february_18_1924/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230802034126/https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/first_big_apple_explanation_february_18_1924 2 August 2023 French Etymology fr :bor en:Big Apple fr en Big Apple. Pronunciation bigue‿appeul Proper noun f 1 fr Big Apple Q14435 fr Grosse Pomme