Free City of Tri-Insula

== English == === Etymology === From free city (“city characterized by relative autonomy”) + of + a learned borrowing from Latin tri- (combining form of trēs (“three”)) + īnsula (“island”), coined by the 76th mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood (1812–1881), in 1861. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹiː ˌsɪti əv tɹaɪˈɪnsjuːlə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹi ˌsɪti əv tɹaɪˈɪns(j)ulə/, [-ɾi-] Hyphenation: Free City of Tri-In‧su‧la === Proper noun === the Free City of Tri-Insula (US, historical) A proposed city-state comprising Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island, put forward on January 6th, 1861, by the mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood, shortly before the beginning of the American Civil War. [from 1861] ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === partition and secession in New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia