Yonkers
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Add to ListPlace Name YONKERS
TYPE: Settlement
USAGE: English
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CONTRIBUTOR: Fanny on 8/26/2014
LAST EDITOR: Mike C on 3/1/2017 [revision history]
Meaning & History
Name of the 4th most populous city in New York state, a variant of Dutch Jonkers, jonker, "young gentleman", derived from Dutch jong "young".