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Coney Island

name

Etymology

From Dutch Konijneneiland, from konijn[en] (“rabbit[s]”) + eiland (“island”), literally “island of rabbits”; equivalent to cony + island.

  1. derived from Konijneneiland

Definitions

  1. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known for its boardwalk and amusement parks.

    • From 1916 to 1930, Fleischer would dress up as a Coney Island clown and have animators rotoscope films of him as Koko the Clown.
    • "If they're planning to tum my Cape into a Coney Island midway, they'd better think twice!"
    • […] Sam Tietch, who performed as a Coney Island wrestler under the name of Vach "Cyclone" Lewis.

  2. A Coney Island hot dog.

    • The waiter slammed the Coney Islands down in front of them....
    • By the 1970s, when Nathan's Famous rolled into cities far from New York, vendors realized that customers wanted a Coney Island "their way."

  3. A type of restaurant selling Coney Island hot dogs, popular in the northern United…

    A type of restaurant selling Coney Island hot dogs, popular in the northern United States, particularly in Michigan.

    • The Detroit-themed hotel, opened in 2012 was the first American location (and one of the few Coney Islands of any brand) outside Michigan to offer the same mouthwatering food as the original.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative letter-case form of Coney Island (“hot dog”).

      • He knew there wasn't anything I liked better than a coney island and a strawberry Nehi.
      • "I'll buy you a coney island...."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA