Meanings
- A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions.
They were living someplace in Hell's Kitchen, because that's where the blacks were at that time, before they started moving up, and uptown.
2008, Charles Rangel, And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress, Macmillan, →ISBN1 more example
Her first assignment was Hell's Kitchen, the infamous violent Manhattan neighborhood with the name that bespoke its environment, and San Juan Hill, the area just above West 59th Street, and on the northern edge of Hell's Kitchen.
2015, Tanya Hart, Health in the City: Race, Poverty, and the Negotiation of Women’s Health in New York City, 1915–1930, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 86 - broadlyAny neighborhood with a reputation for poverty and crime.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions.
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Hell's Kitchen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hell's%20Kitchen
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