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The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
Debbie Allen

Meaning of "Harlem" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARLEM

Harlem  [ˈhɑːləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARLEM

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Harlem is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARLEM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Harlem

Harlem

Coordinates: 40°48′32.52″N 73°56′54.14″W / 40.8090333°N 73.9483722°W / 40.8090333; -73.9483722 Harlem is a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Since the 1920s, Harlem has been known as a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. African-American residents began to arrive en masse in 1905, with numbers fed by the Great Migration. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem were the focus of the "Harlem Renaissance", an outpouring of artistic work without precedent in the American black community. However, with job losses in the time of the Great Depression and the deindustrialization of New York City after World War II, rates of crime and poverty increased significantly. Since New York City's revival in the late 20th century, Harlem has been experiencing social and economic gentrification.

Definition of Harlem in the English dictionary

The definition of Harlem in the dictionary is a district of New York City, in NE Manhattan: now largely a Black ghetto.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARLEM


alum
ˈæləm
asylum
əˈsaɪləm
Caelum
ˈsiːləm
celom
ˈsiːləm
column
ˈkɒləm
curriculum
kəˈrɪkjʊləm
Elam
ˈiːləm
emblem
ˈɛmbləm
Fulham
ˈfʊləm
Jerusalem
dʒəˈruːsələm
Jhelum
ˈdʒiːləm
Malayalaam
ˌmælɪˈɑːləm
Malayalam
ˌmælɪˈɑːləm
pendulum
ˈpɛndjʊləm
problem
ˈprɒbləm
Salem
ˈseɪləm
slalom
ˈslɑːləm
speculum
ˈspɛkjʊləm
velum
ˈviːləm
Winston-Salem
ˈwɪnstənˈseɪləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARLEM

Harishchandra
harissa
hark
hark back
harken
harkener
harl
Harlech
harlequin
harlequin bug
harlequin duck
harlequinade
Harley
Harley Street
harling
harlot
harlotry
Harlow

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARLEM

attitude problem
clem
drink problem
drinking problem
golem
Guillem
Haarlem
health problem
heart problem
Knights of St John of Jerusalem
Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
metaxylem
mind-body problem
Moslem
New Jerusalem
protoxylem
subproblem
the New Jerusalem
xylem
ylem

Synonyms and antonyms of Harlem in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Harlem» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARLEM

Find out the translation of Harlem to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Harlem from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Harlem» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哈林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Harlem
570 millions of speakers

English

Harlem
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हार्लेम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هارلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гарлем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Harlem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হারলেম
260 millions of speakers

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Harlem
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harlem
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Harlem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーレム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

할렘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Harlem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Harlem
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹார்லெம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्लेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Harlem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Harlem
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Harlem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гарлем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Harlem
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Harlem
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Harlem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Harlem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Harlem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Harlem

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARLEM»

The term «Harlem» is very widely used and occupies the 14.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARLEM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Harlem

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10 QUOTES WITH «HARLEM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Harlem.
1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.
2
Debbie Allen
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.
3
Debbie Allen
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
4
David Alan Basche
I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after a lotta years, grateful my daughter is growing, glad I don't take myself too seriously, glad L.A. has Astro Burger, grateful to be coming home to Harlem soon. It's a gratitude list. It works.
5
Chadwick Boseman
I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.
6
Daniel Boulud
I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
7
James Brolin
Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corner in Harlem or in a little town in Kansas where nothing happens, it's all out there for them. They can do whatever they dream or wish or see on television, or read about in the papers.
8
Foxy Brown
I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
9
Geoffrey Canada
You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to make it in this country. And then you look at places like Harlem, and you say, 'That is absolutely a lie.'
10
John Catsimatidis
I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARLEM»

Discover the use of Harlem in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Harlem and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harlem: A Poem
A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
Walter Dean Myers, 1997
2
Harlem
A poor preacher's daughter from Florida arrives in the Harlem of the twenties determined to marry into the urban aristocracy, but when her penniless cousin catches up with her, she must find a way to protect her new identity. Reprint.
Len Riley, 1998
3
The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance
Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits.
Shane Vogel, 2009
4
Women of the Harlem Renaissance
"Wall's writing is lively and exuberant. She passes her enthusiasm for these writers' works on to the reader.
Cheryl A. Wall, 1995
5
Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America
Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with embroidered silks from their villages in Bengal.
Vivek Bald, 2013
6
Communists in Harlem During the Depression
This meticulously researched work, largely based on primary materials and interviews with leading black Communists from the 1930s, is the first to fully explore this provocative encounter between whites and blacks.
Mark Naison, 1983
7
Harlem Renaissance
A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant" and "provocative," Nathan Huggins' Harlem Renaissance was a milestone in the study of African-American life and culture.
Nathan Irvin Huggins, 2007
8
Game Over: The Rise and Transformation of a Harlem Hustler
In Game Over, Azie brings forth a powerful memoir of New York's perilous drug underworld and music industry, with an intellect and wisdom to empower and challenge the street culture he knows so very well.
Azie Faison, Agyei Tyehimba, 2007
9
When Harlem was in vogue
Presents a detailed account of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, with its influx of Black artists, musicians, and writers, calling it a time of triumph for Black creativity over white prejudice
David L. Lewis, 1997
10
Home to Harlem
A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue
Claude McKay, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARLEM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Harlem is used in the context of the following news items.
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Metra service on BNSF line halted due to pedestrian incident near …
A person was hit by a Metra train near the Harlem Avenue station in Berwyn, authorities said. Train 1373 on Metra's BNSF line was stopped ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
CUNY School of Medicine to open in Harlem in 2016 - NY Daily News
The City University of New York is opening its first-ever medical school in Harlem in 2016, Gov. Cuomo said Tuesday. The CUNY School of ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
3
LI dad to court: It was 'mistake' to forget girl in Harlem - NY Daily News
A drunken dad who allegedly left his 3-year-old daughter at a sandwich shop in Harlem told a Manhattan judge Monday the incident “was a ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Nine young Harlem gymnasts to leap for the gold at National …
Nine Harlem student gymnasts will take their talent to Fort Worth, Texas this weekend to compete at the U.S.A. National Championships. «Metro.us, Jul 15»
5
Black Chef Summer Series Launches In Harlem | MadameNoire
The first ever Black Chef Summer Series kicked off Monday night at Harlem's BluJeen restaurant with Sake cocktails, smoked pork belly and a ... «Madame Noire, Jul 15»
6
Eric Garner's Family Says $5.9 Million Settlement is Not Justice …
HARLEM — The family of Eric Garner said Tuesday that their $5.9 million settlement with the city over the Staten Island man's death after he ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
7
Man Fatally Shot in East River Houses, Police Say - East Harlem
A memorial sits where Lockett Creston, 22, was fatally shot at the East River Houses, police said. View Full Caption. DNAinfo/Jason Bisnoff. «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
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Stanley Whitney Exhibit at Studio Museum in Harlem, New York - AMA
Stanley Whitney Exhibit at Studio Museum in Harlem, New York ... It will take place at the Studio Museum in the hub of Harlem, New York. «AMA, Jul 15»
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Eat Free French Fries, Hit Up a Harlem Brunch, and Party in a …
Harlem Helps: A Benefit for the Families of Mother Emanuel AME Church, Ginny's Supper Club, 310 Lenox Avenue, Wednesday, 12 p.m.. «Village Voice, Jul 15»
10
Lodge Pole woman dies in weekend crash near Harlem - Missoulian
The Montana Highway Patrol says the woman was driving a pickup truck north on county road 241, north of Harlem, Saturday morning, when ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»

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