What is Manhattan?
Q: What is Manhattan?
A: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City, and is the center of the New York metropolitan area. It is also located over the same area as a county of New York state called New York County.
Q: Where does the name "Manhattan" come from?
A: The name Manhattan comes from the Munsi language of the Lenni Lenape meaning island of many hills. Other theories say that it comes from one of three Munsi words. "Manahactanienk" meaning "place of inebriation", "manahatouh" meaning "a place where wood is available for making bows and arrows", or "menatay" meaning simply "the island."
Q: What makes Manhattan an important commercial, financial, and cultural center?
A: Most major radio, television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based there, as well as many news, magazine, book, and other media publishers. Additionally, it has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums, and universities. It also has the headquarters of the United Nations.
Q: How large is Manhattan compared to other boroughs?
A: Although it is smallest borough in terms of landmass size out of all five boroughs that make up New York City, it is still densely populated with people living there.
Q: Who originally owned Manhattan before Dutch settlers bought it?
A: Before Dutch settlers bought what would become known as Manhattan Island from Native Americans they inhabited this land first.
Q: When did Dutch settlers buy what became known as Manhattan Island?
A: The Dutch bought what became known as Manhattan Island from Native Americans sometime during early 1600's when they arrived in America looking for new opportunities to settle down and start their own colonies here on this side of Atlantic ocean .
