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Brooklyn
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English
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Etymology
From en nl Breukelen, from nl broek wetland, marsh.
en
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹʊk.lən/ RP,GA
en En-us-brooklyn.ogg GA
bro͝oklĭn NYC, en /ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/ [ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]
en En-NYC Brooklyn.ogg NYC
en Brook lyn
Proper noun
en number of places c/USA:
en Q18419en borough in city/New York City s/New York. It is located on the western end of Long Island. TopoZone: Brooklyn, New York
en 1972 We Live in Brooklyn Baby He's Coming w:Roy Ayers Ubiquity We live in Brooklyn, baby / We're trying to make it, baby
en Tejal Rao Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture w:The New York Times 2016-06-27 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/dining/mochi-recipe-tomoko-kato.html 0362-4331 Fresh handmade mochi is harder to find, but Tomoko Kato cooks a batch three times a week at Patisserie Tomoko in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. https://web.archive.org/web/20210715210313/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/dining/mochi-recipe-tomoko-kato.html
en Q2446296en town co/Windham County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Brooklyn, Connecticut
en Q2530039en village co/St. Clair County s/Illinois.
en Q238588en small town co/Morgan County s/Indiana.
en Q1944898en small city co/Poweshiek County s/Iowa.
en Q1930227en village co/Jackson County s/Michigan.
en Q929401en city co/Cuyahoga County s/Ohio c/USA.
en Q8005132en town co/Green County s/Wisconsin.
en Q2322312en village co/Dane County,Green County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Green Lake County s/Wisconsin.
en Q4974729en small town co/Washburn County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Brooklyn Township.
en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Hornsby s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en Q4974725en small suburb city/Melbourne s/Victoria c/Australia.
en locality council:Suf/Burnie City north western s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en Q4974716en suburb city/Wellington r:suf/Wellington c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en female place names modern Brooklynn.
en unisex place names modern.
en-GB Elle Hunt ‘My mum went so far as to call me evil’: nine things you need to know about the Beckham family feud The Guardian 2026-01-20 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/20/brooklyn-peltz-beckham-david-victoria-family-feud-explained 0261-3077 Brooklyn has finally broken his silence about his rift with his parents.
Synonyms
area on western end of Long Island en City of Brooklyn dated: pre-1898, Borough of Brooklyn, Kings County, King's County
Derived terms
en Brooklyn blackout cake Brooklyn Center Brooklyn fade Brooklyn Park Brooklynese Brooklynite
Descendants
la brooklynensis 1 1
Translations
borough of New York City
Antillean Creole: gcf Bwouklin
Arabic: ar بروكلين brūklīn
Bulgarian: bg Бру́клин m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 布碌崙 bou3 luk1 leon4
Mandarin: cmn 布魯克林 Bùlǔkèlín
Czech: cs Brooklyn m
Esperanto: eo Broklino
Finnish: fi Brooklyn
French: fr Brooklyn m f
Georgian: ka ბრუკლინი
Greek: el Μπρούκλιν n
Hebrew: he ברוקלין bruqlin
Jamaican Creole: jam Bruklin
Japanese: ja ブルックリン Burukkurin
Latin: la Bruclinum n, la Brooklynium n, la Brooklynum n
Marathi: mr ब्रुकलिन m
Polish: pl Brooklyn m-in
Portuguese: pt Brooklyn m, pt Brooklin m
Russian: ru Бру́клин m
Spanish: es Brooklyn n
Tamil: ta புரூக்ளின்
Ukrainian: uk Бру́клін m
Yiddish: yi ברוקלין
See also
Brookline
References
Anagrams
en bklnoory Lynbrook
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Brooklin
Proper noun
m
pt borough city/New York City s/New York c/USA Brooklyn