Definition of Schenectady

1. Noun. A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Empire State, New York, New York State, Ny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schenectady

Scheibler's reagent
Scheie
Scheie syndrome
Scheiner
Scheiner's experiment
Scheldt
Scheldt River
Schellong
Schellong-Strisower phenomenon
Schellong test
Scheme
Schemer
Schemers
Schenck
Schenck's disease
Schenectady
Schengen
Schengen Agreement
Schengen Area
Scheol
Scheuchzeriaceae
Scheuermann
Schiaparelli
Schick
Schick method
Schick test
Schick test toxin
Schiff's reagent
Schiff-Sherrington phenomenon
Schiff base

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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