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Jersey City (sh)




City (pop., 2000: 240,055), northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies opposite New York City.

First settled by Dutch trappers (1618) and known as Paulus Hook, it was purchased from the Delaware Indians and established as a permanent settlement by 1660. In 1779, during the American Revolution, Gen. Henry Lee won a victory there over the British. Renamed Jersey City in 1836, it is a manufacturing centre.