Or New York City.A city of southern New York on New York Bay at the mouth of the Hudson River.Founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam,it was renamed by the English in honor of the Duke of York.It is the largest city in the country and a financial,cultural,trade,shipping,and communications center.Originally consisting only of Manhattan Island,it was rechartered in 1898 to include the five present-day boroughs of Manhattan,the Bronx,Brooklyn,Queens,and Staten Island.Population,7,322,564.