Long Island

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɒŋ ˈaɪlənd/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): [ˌlɔəŋ(ɡ) ˈɑɪlənd]

• (New York) Calque of Dutch Lange Eylandt, e.g. early 't Lange Eylandt alias Matouwacs.
• (Antigua and Barbuda) The island is named for its elongated shape.

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Long Island

1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York.

   Meronym: East End

   • 1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:

     B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.

2. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.

• Lawn Guyland (eye dialect)
• Long Island City
• Long Islander
• Long Island iced tea
• Strong Island (slang)

• LIRR

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

windward shore of Long Island, The Bahamas

Long Island

1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.

• Yuma (original Arawak name)
• Fernandina (name by Christopher Columbus)

Unadapted borrowing from English Long Island

• IPA^(key): /ˈloŋː ˈɑi̯lɑnd/, [ˈlo̞ŋː ˈɑ̝i̯lɑ̝nd]
• IPA^(key): /ˈloŋː ˈɑi̯lænd/, [ˈlo̞ŋː ˈɑ̝i̯lænd]

Long Island

1. Long Island (any place called "Long Island" in English, particularly an island to the east of New York City)

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "on Long Island" is Long Islandilla.