Associations to the word «Gotham»

Wiktionary

GOTHAM, proper noun. Nickname for New York City; Washington Irving gave the name Gotham to New York City in his Salmagundi Papers [1] (1807).
GOTHAM, proper noun. A village in Nottinghamshire, England, associated in folklore with insanity.

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John Locke