"Nueba Yol" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: Nueba Yol

Filed Under: New York City, Spanish, Dominican Republic

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Historically, New York, or “Nueba Yol” as it is rendered in Dominican Spanish, has represented the United States for Dominicans. “Me voy pa’ Nueba Yol!” exults the hero, Balbuena, in the Dominican film Nueba Yol.

Author:
Dane Anthony Morrison

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory

Date of Publication:
May 1, 2004

Page Number:
235

This cite belongs to a full entry for Nueva Yol.

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