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Definition of Schenectady
1. Noun. A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal.
Group relationships: Empire State, New York, New York State, Ny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schenectady
Literary usage of Schenectady
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"Journey from Albany to Schenectady.—Description of the City and College.—Journey
from Schenectady to Ballston Centre.—Stay at the Country Seat of Mr. ..."
2. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"Journey from Albany to Schenectady.—Description of the City ... Journey from
Schenectady to Ballston Centre.—Stay at the Country Seat of Mr. Delavan, ..."
3. My Diary in America in the Midst of War by George Augustus Sala (1865)
"I had to wait for a train an hour and forty minutes at Schenectady, ... There is
a bridge at Schenectady, constructed apparently from lucifer matches and ..."
4. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the by Frank Place (1860)
"Schenectady, it is said, chiefly through the influence of 0*n. ... The Schenectady
Academy was incorp. Jsn. 29, 1793, and was merged in the college in 1795. ..."
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