Usually means: Historic African American neighborhood, Manhattan.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word harlem:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. Harlem: Merriam-Webster
  2. Harlem: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Harlem: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Harlem: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Harlem: Vocabulary.com
  6. Harlem, harlem: Wordnik
  7. Harlem: Wiktionary
  8. Harlem: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Harlem: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Harlem: Dictionary.com
  11. Harlem: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Harlem (Ellington), Harlem (Manhattan), Harlem (New Politics song), Harlem (band), Harlem (disambiguation), Harlem (film), Harlem (horse), Harlem: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Harlem: Rhymezone
  14. harlem: FreeDictionary.org
  15. harlem: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Harlem: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. harlem: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Harlem (Manhattan), Harlem (New York City), Harlem: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Harlem (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Harlem: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Harlem)

▸ noun:  A neighborhood in northern Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York State, United States, currently known for its black population.
▸ noun:  Obsolete form of Haarlem. A city in Randstad, North Holland, Netherlands [A city and capital of North Holland, Netherlands.]

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Upper West Side, Marble Hill, nomad, New York, Manhattanville, city, Soho, viva, Upper East Side, Morehouse, more...

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central, black, old, lower, upper, east, pre, little, white, nearby, contemporary

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Similar:
Upper West Side, Marble Hill, nomad, New York, Manhattanville, city, Soho, viva, Upper East Side, Morehouse, more...

Types:
Renaissance, New Negro, Jazz Age, more...

Phrases:
Harlem Renaissance, East Harlem, Harlem River, Harlem Globetrotters, black harlem, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Harlem sunset, Godfather of Harlem, Harlem World, Harlem Nights, Harlem Line, Cotton Comes to Harlem, more...

Adjectives:
central, black, old, lower, upper, east, pre, little, white, nearby, contemporary

Colors:
    black,     gold,     red,     green,     purple, more...



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