New Jersey

English

Map of US highlighting New Jersey

Etymology

From Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands near the coast of Normandy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /nuːˈdʒɝzi/

• Audio (US)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /njuː ˈdʒɜːzi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi

Proper noun

New Jersey

1. A northeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Trenton.

Synonyms

• Garden State (official nickname)
• Garbage State (derogatory, humorous)
• Jersey (US)

Derived terms

• New Jerseian (extremely rare)
• New Jerseyan
• New Jerseyite
• NJ

Translations

a northeast state of the United States of America

• Arabic: نْيُو جِيرْسِي‎ (nyū jīrsī), نْيُوجِيرْزِي‎ m (nyūjirzī)
• Armenian: Նյու Ջերսի (Nyu J̌ersi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新澤西／新泽西 (zh) (Xīn-Zéxī)

• Czech: New Jersey (cs)
• Danish: New Jersey
• Dutch: New Jersey (nl)
• Esperanto: Nov-Ĵerzejo
• Finnish: New Jersey (fi)
• French: New Jersey (fr) m, Nouveau-Jersey m, Nouvelle-Jersey (fr) f
• Galician: Nova Iersei f
• Georgian: ნიუ-ჯერსი (niu-ǯersi)
• German: New Jersey (de), Neujersey (obsolete)
• Greek: Νιού Τζέρσεϊ (Nioú Tzérseï)
• Hebrew: ניו ג׳רזי‎ f (nyu jerzi)
• Hindi: न्यू जर्सी (nyū jarsī)
• Indonesian: New Jersey
• Irish: New Jersey, Nua-Gheirsí m
• Italian: New Jersey (it) m
• Japanese: ニュージャージー (Nyūjājī)
• Khmer: ញូចេស៊ី (ñuuceesii), ចេស៊ីថ្មី (ceesiitmii), ញូវជឺស៊ី (ñɨwcɨɨsii)
• Korean: 뉴저지 (Nyujeoji)
• Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džersi)
• Navajo: Niijéízii hahoodzo
• Norman: Nouvieau Jèrri m
• Norwegian: New Jersey (no)
• Occitan: Nòva Jersey (oc) f
• Persian: نیوجرسی‎ (nyu-jersi)
• Polish: New Jersey (pl)
• Portuguese: Nova Jérsei (pt) f (Brazil), Nova Jérsia f (Portugal)
• Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Њу Џерзи, Nju Džerzi
• Spanish: Nueva Jersey (es) f
• Swedish: New Jersey (sv)
• Thai: นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (niu-jəə-sîi)
• Turkish: New Jersey
• Ukrainian: Нью-Дже́рсі m (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Uyghur: يېڭى جېرسېي‎ (yë'ngi jërsëy)
• Welsh: New Jersey
• Yiddish: ניו דזשוירזי‎ (nyu dzhoyrzi)

Further reading

• New Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Alternative forms

• Ny Jersey (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Jersey.

Proper noun

New Jersey (genitive New Jerseys)

1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)yːˌdʒøːsi/, [ˈn(j)yːˌdʒø̞ːs̠i]

Proper noun

New Jersey

1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

Declension

• When written:

Inflection of New Jersey (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		New Jersey	—
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseytä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
		singular	plural
nominative		New Jersey	—
accusative	nom.	New Jersey	—
	gen.	New Jerseyn
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseytä	—
inessive		New Jerseyssä	—
elative		New Jerseystä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
adessive		New Jerseyllä	—
ablative		New Jerseyltä	—
allative		New Jerseylle	—
essive		New Jerseynä	—
translative		New Jerseyksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		New Jerseyttä	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of New Jersey (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	New Jerseyni	New Jerseymme
2nd person	New Jerseysi	New Jerseynne
3rd person	New Jerseynsä

• When spoken:

Inflection of New Jersey (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		New Jersey	—
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseyä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
		singular	plural
nominative		New Jersey	—
accusative	nom.	New Jersey	—
	gen.	New Jerseyn
genitive		New Jerseyn	—
partitive		New Jerseyä	—
inessive		New Jerseyssä	—
elative		New Jerseystä	—
illative		New Jerseyhyn	—
adessive		New Jerseyllä	—
ablative		New Jerseyltä	—
allative		New Jerseylle	—
essive		New Jerseynä	—
translative		New Jerseyksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		New Jerseyttä	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of New Jersey (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	New Jerseyni	New Jerseymme
2nd person	New Jerseysi	New Jerseynne
3rd person	New Jerseynsä

Italian

Alternative forms

• Nuovo Jersey (obsolete)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ɲuˈd͡ʒɛr.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛrsi

Proper noun

New Jersey m

1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲu ˈd͡ʐɛr.zi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrzi

Proper noun

New Jersey m inan (indeclinable)

1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

Further reading

• New Jersey in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• New Jersey in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲu d͡ʒerzi]

Proper noun

New Jersey n

1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

References

• New Jersey in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk