STATEN ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Staten Island mean? 

• STATEN ISLAND (noun)
  The noun STATEN ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. a borough of New York City

  Familiarity information: STATEN ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATEN ISLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A borough of New York City

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

borough (one of the administrative divisions of a large city)

Holonyms ("Staten Island" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)