Nueba Yol
n.— «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.» —by Dane Anthony Morrison Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory May 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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