Brooklynite

English 2018 January 1 Etymology thumb|The Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, at sunset From en Brooklyn ite. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹʊklənʌɪt/ RP en /ˈbɹʊkləˌnaɪt/ GA en en-au-Brooklynite.ogg AU en Brook lyn ite Noun A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York. en Brooklyn Life Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Life 2 May 1891 3 61 16 1 10970119 They have learned that if the Brooklynite is not as well treated at home as he is in New York he will spend a few cents for car fare and take his amusement across the river. en Greater New York: Bulletin of the Merchants’ Association of New York New York, N.Y. Merchants' Association of New York 23 March 1914 10 1 2447287 One Brooklynite sought to mail an umbrella and was told that it could not be sent with a tag, but must be wrapped up in a parcel, which would have made a London postoffice man laugh. Another Brooklynite seeking to mail a wooden box of cigars was told that he must find some place where he could buy corrugated paper, and wrap the cedar box with that before it could be sent through the mails. en w:Clyde Haberman NYC; Not poifect, dem movies of Brooklyn http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/nyregion/nyc-not-poifect-dem-movies-of-brooklyn.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160311041818/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/nyregion/nyc-not-poifect-dem-movies-of-brooklyn.html 11 March 2016 w:The New York Times 31 October 2003 His collaborator was Robert Singer, a professor of English and film studies at Kingsborough Community College, who lamented this week that he and his fellow Brooklynites "have been archetyped to death." Translations native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York Polish: pl brooklińczyk m Russian: ru бруклинец m Further reading Brooklyn en American demonyms New York City