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Har·lem

(här′ləm)

A section of New York City in northern Manhattan bordering on the Harlem and East Rivers. Peter Stuyvesant established the Dutch settlement of Nieuw Haarlem here in 1658. A rapid influx of African Americans beginning c. 1910 made it one of the largest black communities in the United States. In the 1920s a flowering of African-American art and literature was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After World War II many Hispanics settled in East (or Spanish) Harlem.

Har′lem·ite′ n.

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Harlem

(ˈhɑːləm)

(Placename) a district of New York City, in NE Manhattan: now largely a Black ghetto

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Har•lem

(ˈhɑr ləm)

n.

1. a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.

2. a tidal river in New York City, between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, which, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connects the Hudson and East rivers. 8 mi. (13 km) long.

Har′lem•ite`, n.

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Harlem - a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto

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I have formed the belief that the man who applauds that air with special violence and ostensible sectional loyalty is invariably a native of either Secaucus, N.J., or the district between Murray Hill Lyceum and the Harlem River, this city.

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First, memory-prodded by the soft puppy in his arm, he saw the girl and the mother in the little Harlem flat.

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