Etymology

yonkers

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Today it means: A city in Westchester County, New York, bordering New York City. Full definition →

Dutch jonkheer
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromjonkheer“young lord, esquire”
  2. English todayYonkers

From Dutch jonkheer (“young lord, esquire”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.