Define Manhattan Meaning

1.) A cocktail consisting of whiskey (traditionally rye), sweet vermouth and a dash of Angostura bitters. Garnish with a cherry if desired.

2.) Borough of NYC considered the center of the universe with its diverse collection of ethnicities, areas, foods, etc.

1. The greatest city in the world. If you can survive here, you can survive anywhere, although once you've made it to New York you never want to leave.
2. A brilliant film by Woody Allen.
3. The center of the universe, and the best pizza on Earth
4. A tasty alcoholic beverage.

One of the five boroughs of the City of New York, which is known as one of the top finiancal, entertainment, and social centers of the world. But this borough mostly consists of people who were not born in the city, but rather moved here under the delusion that life here is like Sex and The City or Rent. In reality it is a place where people come to work and/or drink, unless one is wealthy enough to live comfortably or enjoys slumming it knowing their parent's money will back them up.

one of the five burroughs of new york city. an island bound by the east and hudson rivers, manhattan contains most of the landmarks and sights that make new york city famous. it is comprised of many neighborhoods such as harlem, soho, the east village, wall street, that have unique personalities and attributes.
often, it is unfairly classified as being dirty and crime-ridden when it is actually one of the cleanest, safest (not including terrorism) cities in the world.

the best city in the world! once you've been there, you will always go back!
the city where sex and the city is filmed

One of the most expensive places to live on the planet, but presently the center of the Universe, much like Rome was during the Roman Empire.

In Manhattan, the only ones left are the super rich and the fucking nobodies.

Home of the worst traffic on earth.

The most well known of the boroughs of The City of New York, if asking an outsider. Often reffered to as 'The City' by residents of other boroughs of New York. Home of Broadway, Times Square, The Empire State Building, etc... also an area with a needlessly complex subway system in some areas, and a lack of subway in others. Culturally diverse, a place where the mexican food resturants are actually run by mexican people and have real mexican food. Where there is a risk of crime in any areas, the contrast between the various neighborhoods is very sharp. Also notable for it's exceedingly over-inflated property prices.

Manhattan, my friends, is not New York City.
However, Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, (the others being Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.)
Many tourists and foreigners refer to only Manhattan as New York City, and at the the same time have never even heard of Staten Island.