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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Gotham

"New York City," first used by Washington Irving, 1807, based on "Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham" (1460), a collection of legendary stories of English villagers alternately wise and foolish. There is a village of this name in Nottinghamshire, originally Gatham (1086), in Old English, "Enclosure (literally 'homestead') where goats are kept." It is unknown if this was the place intended.

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Gotham (album)

Gotham is a double-disc live album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus of a concert performed in 1998, released in 1999 by record label Metropolis. The album also includes one appended studio track, a cover of "Severance", originally recorded by Dead Can Dance on their 1988 album The Serpent's Egg.

Gotham (magazine)

Gotham is a regional magazine published by Niche Media, LLC since 2001. The magazine covers fashion, philanthropy, arts, culture, real estate, cuisine, celebrity, entertainment, and beauty. Published eight times a year, it is distributed in Manhattan. The editor-in-chief is Catherine Sabino. The magazine was published by Debra Halpert until August 2011 when David Katz began to publish it.

Sister title of the magazine is Hamptons. According to a survey commissioned by the company, 56 percent of Gotham readers are male, with 51 percent married, and some two-thirds within the age group of 36 and 60 years old. Gotham is a sister publication to Hamptons magazine, sharing advertising and production.

Gotham (typeface)

Gotham is a family of widely used geometric sans-serif digital typefaces designed by American type designer Tobias Frere-Jones in 2000. Gotham's letterforms are inspired by a form of architectural signage that achieved popularity in the mid-twentieth century, and are especially popular throughout New York City. Gotham has a relatively broad design with a reasonably high x-height and wide apertures.

Since creation, Gotham has been highly visible due to its appearance in many notable places, including a large amount of campaign material created for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, as well as the cornerstone of the One World Trade Center, the tower built on the site of the former World Trade Center in New York. It is also the current font to be used in title cards for film trailers in the US.

Developed for professional use, Gotham is an extremely large family, featuring four widths, eight weights, and separate designs for screen display.

Gotham (band)

Gotham, was a New York City horn funk-rock band from the early 1970s.

Gotham (film)

Gotham, also known as The Dead Can't Lie, is a 1988 American thriller film written and directed by Lloyd Fonvielle and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Virginia Madsen. The film was originally created for Showtime.

Gotham (TV series)

Gotham is an American crime television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Batman franchise, primarily those of James Gordon and Bruce Wayne. The series stars Ben McKenzie as the young Gordon, while Heller executive produces along with Danny Cannon who also directed the pilot.

Originally the series would have related Gordon's early days on the Gotham City Police Department, but the series subsequently included the Wayne character and the origin stories of several Batman villains, including the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, the Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, and Hugo Strange.

Gotham premiered on Fox on September 22, 2014. In March 2016, the series was renewed for a third season that is set to premiere on September 19, 2016.

Usage examples of "gotham".

I would like to tell you about the Gotham Roses, but before I do, I must know that you understand that what I am about to tell you is highly confidential.

The Gotham Roses are not dilettantes trying on crime-fighting for a hobby.

I temporarily forget all about Renee Dalton-Sinclair, the Gotham Roses and the salivating paparazzi above us.

Valentine tried his best with me back at Gotham Roses Central, but practice only goes so far when real life intervenes.

How in the hell has my mother found out about Jeremy Reins and the Gotham Roses?

The celebrity event and, of course, the Oscars and all the celebrations surrounding it, require that I make sure Kristy Burke back at Gotham Central will be sending the appropriate gowns and accessories, immediately.

They were occupying most of the rest of the floor, and a considerable amount of the resources of Gotham Security as well.

Kayla called Anita, telling her that Eric had disappeared from the hospital and, as far as anyone at Gotham General was willing to say, had never been there in the first place.

The carriage that Cabot engaged to carry him across to the city cost him his last cent of money, but he knew it was well worth it when, still in furs and with his snowshoes still strapped to his back, he entered the Gotham building.

Parnassus Pictures, came through New York City that September, Bacon got Sammy in to see him at the Gotham Hotel.

The pair walked down to the street with the mogul from Poverty Bow and stepped out of the Gotham into the dwindling afternoon.

His love for her had survived the ice age intact, like the beasts from vanished aeons that were always thawing out in the pages of comic books and going on rampages through the streets of Metropolis and Gotham and Empire City.

When the big car pulled up in front of Gotham Court, where Carlton Sauber was a resident, Commissioner Weston stepped forward to congratulate the chauffeur.

CHAPTER XII THE MAN WHO MOCKED DEATH POLICE sirens were on the shriek when Steve Trask alighted from the car that he had met at Gotham Court.

Surrounded by garages, antiquated theaters and abandoned warehouses, the Mid Gotham had been erected as a pioneer in this locality.