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New Jersey
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English
thumb|240px|Flag of New Jersey
region Q1408 en Location of the state of New Jersey in the United States
Etymology
From Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands near the coast of Normandy.
Pronunciation
en /nuˈdʒɝzi/ /njuˈdʒɝzi/ 1 US
en en-us-New Jersey.ogg US /nuˈdʒɝzi/
en /njuː ˈdʒɜːzi/ RP
en /njʉː ˈdʒɜːzi/ AU
en /njʉ ˈd͡ʒɛrze/ /-ˈd͡ʒɛrzɪ/ /-ˈd͡ʒɛrzi/ Scotland
en /njʉː ˈd͡ʒøːzi/ NZ
en ɜː(ɹ)zi 3
Proper noun
new Jersey
en Q1408en state in the northeastern c/US Trenton.
en Carlton F.W. Larson Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights https://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/80-1-Larson.pdf 2011-11 80 1 160-161 w:George Washington Law Review The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”2 In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”3 https://web.archive.org/web/20250803053327/https://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/80-1-Larson.pdf
en Max Matza New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy904elvxj3o 2025-05-09 Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. https://web.archive.org/web/20250515001144/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy904elvxj3o
Synonyms
en Garden State official nickname
en Garbage State derogatory, humorous
en Jersey (US)
Hyponyms
en Jersey City, en Newark
Derived terms
en New Jerseyese en New Jerseian (extremely rare) New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Jersey sound NJ New York/New Jersey Bight
Translations
a northeast state of the United States of America
Arabic: ar نْيُو جِيرْسِي m, ar نْيُو جِيرْزِي m nyū jirzī
Armenian: hy Նյու Ջերսի
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 新澤西 Xīn-Zéxī
Czech: cs New Jersey
Danish: da New Jersey
Dutch: nl New Jersey
Esperanto: eo Nov-Ĵerzejo
Finnish: fi New Jersey
French: fr New Jersey m, fr Nouvelle-Jersey f
Galician: gl Nova Iersei f
Georgian: ka ნიუ-ჯერსი
German: de New Jersey, de Neujersey obsolete
Greek: el Νιού Τζέρσεϊ
Hebrew: he ניו ג׳רזי nyu jerzi f
Hindi: hi न्यू जर्सी
Indonesian: id New Jersey
Irish: ga New Jersey, ga Nua-Gheirsí m
Italian: it New Jersey m, it Nuovo Jersey m
Japanese: ja ニュージャージー Nyūjājī
Khmer: km ញូចេស៊ី, km ចេស៊ីថ្មី, km ញូវជឺស៊ី
Korean: ko ^뉴저지
Kyrgyz: ky Жаңы Жерси
Lao: lo ນິວເຈີຊີ
Latin: la Nova Caesarēa f
Macedonian: mk Њу Џерси n
Munsee: umu
Navajo: nv Niijéízii hahoodzo
Norman: nrf Nouvieau Jèrri m
Norwegian: no New Jersey
Occitan: oc Nòva Jersey f
Persian: fa نیوجرسی nyu-jersi
Polish: pl New Jersey
Portuguese: pt Nova Jérsei f Brazil, pt Nova Jérsia f Portugal
Russian: ru Нью-Дже́рси m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Њу Џерзи, sh Nju Džerzi
Spanish: es Nueva Jersey f
Swedish: sv New Jersey
Thai: th นิวเจอร์ซีย์
Turkish: tr New Jersey
Ukrainian: uk Нью-Дже́рсі m
Unami: unm New Jersey
Uyghur: ug يېڭى جېرسېي
Welsh: cy New Jersey
Yiddish: yi ניו דזשוירזי
See also
Further reading
Danish
da:
Alternative forms
da Ny Jersey very rare
Etymology
Borrowed from da en New Jersey.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive New Jerseys New Jersey
da New Jersey Q1408
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi en New Jersey.
Pronunciation
n(j)yy-džöösi
Proper noun
New Jersey
fi New Jersey Q1408
Declension
When written:
sg New Jersey ä
When spoken:
sg New Jersey ä
Italian
it:
thumb|right|New Jersey
Alternative forms
it Nuovo Jersey obsolete
Etymology
it en New Jersey.
Pronunciation
gnugèrsi
Proper noun
m 1
it New Jersey Q1408
Polish
pl:
region Q1408 New Jersey
Etymology
pl :ubor en:New Jersey + 1
Pronunciation
Niu Dżer.z-i LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-New Jersey.wav New Jer.sey
Proper noun
m-in yes New Jersey
pl New Jersey Q1408
pl pieczęć New Jersey seal of New Jersey
pl W Newark w stanie New Jersey przyszła na świat Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey.
pl Oficjalnym dinozaurem stanu New Jersey jest hadrozaur. The official state dinosaur of New Jersey is the hadrosaur.
Further reading
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
ňu džerzi
Proper noun
1 n
sk New Jersey Q1408
References
Unami
Etymology
unm en New Jersey.
Pronunciation
unm /ˌnuː ˈt͡ʃəː.siː/ phonetic respelling: Nu Chësi
Proper noun
unm proper noun New Jersey in
unm hapax unm New Jersey state c/United States
unm Nati Knuchihëweokàn! Go Get Your Witch Medicine! Nora Thompson Dean 1968 Nèki lëkhìkwi nèki Lënapeyok òk Wënètkok kixki wikhatuwàk wèhènchiopànk Pennsylvania òk New Jersey tali. At that time the Delawares and the Nanticokes lived near each other there in the East in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=101 Lenape Talking Dictionary https://web.archive.org/web/20260516173132/https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=101 16 May 2026
References
New_Jersey