Tambaya: Shin Queens a Long Island?
Amsa: Ee. Queens yana kan Long Island. Birnin New York City na Queens da kuma Brooklyn suna a kan mai suna Long Island, a yammacin Long Island.
Menene? Amma Queens ba ainihin tsibiri ba ne
Ko da yake Queens na daga cikin Long Island, yawancin lokacin da muka ce wani abu kamar "sun kasance daga Long Island," muna nufin suna daga Nassau ko Suffolk yankunan Long Island, ba Queens ko Brooklyn.
"Long Island" ya ragu ga Nassau da Suffolk, ko da yake yankin Long Island ya ƙunshi Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn, da Queens. (A bayanin da aka ba da labarin, akwai About.com Guides zuwa Long Island, Brooklyn, kuma, ba shakka, Queens.)
An yi la'akari da Long Island a matsayin yankunan birni, yayin da Queens ya fi gari. Amma a matsayin babban birni na birnin New York City, Queens babban yanki ne kuma a haɗuwa da unguwan birni da na unguwa . Gabashin Queens - wurare irin su Little Neck da Cambria Heights - sun fi yawa tare da Nassau County fiye da yankuna a yammacin Queens kamar Long Island City ko Jackson Heights . Akwai maƙuna uku da ke cikin duka Queens da Nassau County: Park Floral, Bellerose, da kuma wani sabon yankin New Hyde Park.