Gotham

gotham English Etymology “Homestead where goats are kept”, from en ang - ang gāt goat hām home 1. New York City nickname First used 1807 by Washington Irving in his Salmagundi (periodical) Salmagundi Papers: see the quotation. The original pronunciation had /th/ with later loss of /h/. The pronunciation with /θ/ is a spelling pronunciation that arose from a misreading of th as a digraph. Pronunciation nickname of New York, setting of the Batman franchise en /ˈɡɒθəm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gotham (Batman).wav Southern England English village en /ˈɡəʊtəm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gotham (UK).wav Southern England en əʊtəm English village 2 Proper noun en Q60 en @nickname for:New York City major city s/New York c/USA. 18 April 1807 8 Wizard On Style 52 2 This passage of the erudite Linkum was applied to the city of Gotham, of which he was once Lord Mayor, as appears by his picture hung up in the hall of that ancient city;—but his observation fits this best of all possible cities "to a hair." It is a melancholy truth that this same New-York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praise-worthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured, and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings; for which we are very sorry, indeed. Written as a satire about New York City. on en 2010 Jared Koch; Alex Van Buren Clean Plates Manhattan 2011: A Guide to the Healthiest, Tastiest, and Most Sustainable Restaurants for Vegetarians and Carnivores 99 https://books.google.com/books?id=xbT7u8fKHGwC&pg=PA99 Naturally sweetened desserts—delicious ones—have several hiding places in Gotham, and the Upper East Side's Candle Café is among the best. en village/and/cpar in bor/Rushcliffe co/Nottinghamshire cc/England, associated in folklore with insanity OS grid ref SK5330. Parish map (Nottinghamshire) en fiction en @ellipsis of:Gotham City fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Batman franchise Batman. Derived terms en Gothamist Gothamite See also en Bedlam<qq:likewise has insanity overtones> References Further reading Nicknames of New York City Gotham, Nottinghamshire Gotham City en heteronyms terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs