Origin of Invented Words Gotham

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About the history, origins, and definitions of the invented word gotham.

ORIGINS OF INVENTED WORDS

Gotham Nickname for New York City. Washington Irving first called New York this in his Salmagundi (1807), taking the designation from a mythical "town of wise fools" in England.


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