New York UK /ˌnjuː ˈjɔːk/US /(ˌ)n(j)u ˈjɔɹk/ noun4 •A state of the United States.The capital of New York State is Albany, not New York City. •A state of the United States •Archaic form of New York. •(historical) A former colony of England, from 1664 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which became the US state of the same name.