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Asians in New York City, the Glossary

Asians in New York City are residents of New York City of Asian descent or origin.^[1]

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Asian-American culture in New York City
Ethnic groups in New York City

American English

American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium (AAPIPRC) focuses on critical policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

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The Asian American Arts Centre (AAAC) is a non-profit organization located in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Asians in New York City and Asian American Arts Centre are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian American Dance Theatre

The Asian American Dance Theatre (AADT) was a dance performance and educational non-profit organization in New York. Asians in New York City and Asian American Dance Theatre are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian American Federation of New York

The Asian American Federation is a nonprofit organization working to advance the civic voice of Asian Americans in the New York metropolitan area. Asians in New York City and Asian American Federation of New York are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian American International Film Festival

The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is the first and longest-running film festival to showcase the works of emerging and experienced Asian and Asian American filmmakers and media artists in the US. Asians in New York City and Asian American International Film Festival are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a New York-based national organization founded in 1974 that seeks to protect and promote the civil rights of Asian Americans. Asians in New York City and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian American movement

The Asian American Movement was a sociopolitical movement in which the widespread grassroots effort of Asian Americans affected racial, social and political change in the U.S., reaching its peak in the late 1960s to mid-1970s.

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Asian American Writers' Workshop

The Asian American Writers' Workshop (often abbreviated AAWW) is a New York–based nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1991 to support Asian American writers, literature and community.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Asian Americans for Equality

Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) is an organization based in Chinatown, Manhattan that advocates for civil rights and affordable housing, which it is also involved in developing. Asians in New York City and Asian Americans for Equality are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival

The Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, hosted by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans in New York City, is one of the largest outdoors celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the United States. Asians in New York City and Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival are Asian-American culture in New York City.

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Asian people

Asian people (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic peopleUnited States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 2006.: Asian Continental Ancestry Group is also used for categorical purposes.) are the people of the continent of Asia.

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Bengali language

Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.

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Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Boroughs of New York City

The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Buddhism in the United States

The term American Buddhism can be used to describe all Buddhist groups within the United States, including Asian-American Buddhists born into the faith, who comprise the largest percentage of Buddhists in the country.

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Cantonese

Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.

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Catholic Church in the United States

The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the pope.

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Chinatown, Manhattan

Manhattan's Chinatown is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west.

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Chinatowns in Brooklyn

The first Brooklyn Chinatown, was originally established in the Sunset Park area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Chinese Americans

Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry.

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Chinese people in the New York City metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest and most prominent ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, hosting Chinese populations representing all 34 provincial-level administrative units of China. Asians in New York City and Chinese people in the New York City metropolitan area are ethnic groups in New York City.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken) is the public university system of New York City.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Diwali

Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.

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Filipino Americans

Filipino Americans (Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry.

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Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area

In the New York metropolitan area, Filipinos constitute one of the largest diasporas in the Western Hemisphere. Asians in New York City and Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area are Asian-American culture in New York City and ethnic groups in New York City.

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Flushing, Queens

Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Fuzhou dialect

The Fuzhou language (FR), also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern Fujian Province.

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Gujarati language

Gujarati (label) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Hinduism in the United States

Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, comprising 1% of the population, the same as Buddhism and Islam.

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Hmong language

Hmong or Mong (RPA:, Nyiakeng Puachue:, Pahawh) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.

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Indian Americans

Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens of the United States.

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Indians in the New York City metropolitan area

Indians in the New York City metropolitan area constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. Asians in New York City and Indians in the New York City metropolitan area are ethnic groups in New York City.

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Interference Archive

Interference Archive is a volunteer-run library, gallery, and archive of historical materials related to social and political activism and movements.

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Irreligion in the United States

In the United States, between 4% and 15% of citizens demonstrated nonreligious attitudes and naturalistic worldviews, namely atheists or agnostics.

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Islam in the United States

Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%).

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Japanese Americans

are Americans of Japanese ancestry.

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Japanese in New York City

As of the 2000 Census, over half of the 37,279 people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. state of New York lived in New York City. Asians in New York City and Japanese in New York City are Asian-American culture in New York City and ethnic groups in New York City.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Khmer language

Khmer (ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people and the official and national language of Cambodia.

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Korean Americans

Korean Americans are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent.

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Korean language

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.

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Koreans in the New York City metropolitan area

As of the 2011 American Community Survey, New York City is home to 100,000 ethnic Koreans, with two-thirds living in the borough of Queens. Asians in New York City and Koreans in the New York City metropolitan area are ethnic groups in New York City.

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Koreatown, Manhattan

Koreatown, or K-Town, is an ethnic Korean enclave in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, centered on 32nd Street between Madison Avenue and the intersection with Sixth Avenue and Broadway, which is known as Greeley Square.

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Koreatown, Queens

Koreatown, Queens, in the New York City borough of Queens, is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside Korea.

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Languages of Asia

Asia is home to hundreds of languages comprising several families and some unrelated isolates.

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Lao language

Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language.

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List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations

Cities considered to have significant Chinese-American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 1% of their total population; and small cities with a critical mass of at least 10% of the total population.

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List of U.S. cities with significant Korean American populations

Cities with significant Korean American populations represent municipalities with critical masses of Korean Americans in their total urban or suburban populations.

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Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars.

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Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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The MinKwon Center for Community Action is a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of the Korean American community in New York City.

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Museum of Chinese in America

The Museum of Chinese in America (abbreviated MOCA) is a museum in New York City which exhibits Chinese American history.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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Pakistani Americans

Pakistani Americans (پاکستانی امریکی) are citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry from Pakistan, or more simply, Pakistanis in America.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Religion in the United States

Religion in the United States is widespread and diverse, with the country being far more religious than other wealthy Western nations.

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Research

Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge".

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Sikhism in the United States

American Sikhs form the country's sixth-largest religious group.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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Spanish language in the United States

Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States.

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Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and New York Harbor to the west.

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Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Taiwanese people in New York City

New York City is home to the second-largest Taiwanese American population, after the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, enumerating an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 individuals as of 2020. Asians in New York City and Taiwanese people in New York City are ethnic groups in New York City.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు|) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.

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Thai language

Thai,In ภาษาไทย| ''Phasa Thai'' or Central Thai (historically Siamese;Although "Thai" and "Central Thai" have become more common, the older term, "Siamese", is still used by linguists, especially when it is being distinguished from other Tai languages (Diller 2008:6).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asians_in_New_York_City

Also known as Asian Americans in New York City, Asians in NY, Asians in NYC, Asians in new york.

, Languages of Asia, Lao language, List of U.S. cities with significant Chinese-American populations, List of U.S. cities with significant Korean American populations, Long Island City, Los Angeles, Lunar New Year, Mandarin Chinese, Manhattan, MinKwon Center for Community Action, Museum of Chinese in America, New York (state), New York City, New York University, Pakistani Americans, Queens, Religion in the United States, Research, San Francisco, Sikhism in the United States, South Asia, Spanish language in the United States, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Tagalog language, Taiwanese people in New York City, Tamil language, Telugu language, Thai language, The New York Times, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, United States Census Bureau, Urdu, Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese language, Woodside, Queens.

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Asian-American culture in New York City

Ethnic groups in New York City

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