A city in New York state, located just north of New York City; also used as a proper noun for the place and its residents.
Derives from the Dutch 'Jonkers,' meaning 'young masters,' referring to young Dutch landowners in the area during colonial times. The name was anglicized as the region became part of English-speaking America.
Yonkers was one of America's first suburbs and is famously mentioned in the Supreme Court case 'United States v. Yonkers,' which challenged housing segregation and discrimination in the 1980s!
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