New York City York metropolitan area produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of US$1.73 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed "New York" after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York served as the capital of
New York City English appears to descend from an outdated African-American English meaning of "male receptive participant in anal sex". New Yorkers tend to say they stand "on" line, whereas most other American-English speakers tend to stand "in" line. Small convenience stores are, in recent decades, often called "bodegas," from the Spanish term originally meaning "a wine storehouse" via the Puerto Rican Spanish term for "small store; corner store", or "delis," which is the short form of "delicatessens". New York speakers have some unique conversational styles. Linguistic professor Deborah Tannen notes in a "New York Times" article it has "an emphasis to involve the