verrazano narrows

English Thesaurus

1. a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	narrow,
definition	:	a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water (noun.object)

part meronym	:	greater new york, new york, new york city,
definition	:	the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center (noun.location)