Tribeca
geographical name
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Tri·beca
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  trī-ˈbe-kə 
                                                      
                                                          
            
                                
              
          
                                                      neighborhood in southern Manhattan approximately bounded by Canal Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, Vesey or Chambers Street on the south, and Broadway on the east                                      
                
Note: Although the name is a shortening of "Triangle below Canal," Tribeca's shape is roughly trapezoidal rather than triangular.
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