Explore Gotham through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gotham meaning
- Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
- A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, associated in folklore with insanity (OS grid ref SK5330).
- Ellipsis of Gotham City: a fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Batman franchise.
Using Gotham
- The main meaning on this page is: Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States. | A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, associated in folklore with insanity (OS grid ref SK5330). | Ellipsis of Gotham City: a fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Batman franchise.
- In the example corpus, gotham often appears in combinations such as: gotham city, of gotham, in gotham.
Context around Gotham
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gotham
- In this selection, "gotham" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, future, saw, rebuild, city, knights and principal stand out and add context to how "gotham" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appearances as gotham city s and boss of gotham city the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gotham" sits close to words such as ada, adaptive and altering, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gotham
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), the Central Gotham City is five-times larger than Old Gotham. (16 words)
Gotham City in 1881 as it appears in Batman: Gates of Gotham (April 2011); art by Trevor McCarthy. (18 words)
Additionally, Ben Affleck's Batman appears in in one of his final appearances as Gotham City's chief protector. (19 words)
Centered around Oswald Cobblepot’s ascension to the crime boss of Gotham City, the series takes place following the events of 2022’s which saw Gotham City’s criminal underworld experiencing a power vacuum with the death of Carmine Falcone. (40 words)
After the relative disappointment of Gotham Knights when it was released in October 2022, fans of the Dark Knight / the entire DC universe have been left wanting a decent video game entry in this particular comic book universe. (38 words)
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus,” reads the film’s synopsis. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus,” reads the film’s synopsis.
Gotham City – Whether it's in the past, present, or future, Gotham City has been the backdrop for some of the greatest stories in DC history featuring Batman, his allies and his foes.
Centered around Oswald Cobblepot’s ascension to the crime boss of Gotham City, the series takes place following the events of 2022’s which saw Gotham City’s criminal underworld experiencing a power vacuum with the death of Carmine Falcone.
Gotham City One recaps the news, reporting that Batman is helping in recovery efforts, along with footage of the city's mayor-elect, Bella Reál (), promising that she will rebuild Gotham.
Gracey is also repped by Partizan and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum; Robinson by Gotham/Principal, Gotham Group, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
The 2024 Gotham Awards honored the visionaries of the film and television world while supporting the Gotham Film & Media Institute.
These concerns are pushed aside when the Reaper, a striking vigilante who stalked Gotham twenty years before, returns to wage war on the criminal element in Gotham City.
The studio behind Batman: Arkham Origins is set to return to Gotham City in Gotham Knights, announced in a trailer at DC FanDome.
Last year, Monolith released Batman: Gotham City Chronicles, a mission-based board game in which players could control some of the most popular heroes and villains of Gotham City.
Additionally, Batman also moves from his mansion, Wayne Manor into a penthouse apartment atop the Wayne Foundation building in downtown Gotham City, in order to be closer to Gotham City's crime.
Christopher Nolan, who once lived in Chicago, effected a depiction of Gotham that featured distinct Chicago architecture and which is cartographically based on the canon DC map of Gotham.
For example, the "Gotham Arms" was identified by a Gotham Coat of Arms hung above the tavern's doorway to easily distinguish it from the city's other residential establishments.
Gotham City in 1881 as it appears in Batman: Gates of Gotham (April 2011); art by Trevor McCarthy.
In Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), the Central Gotham City is five-times larger than Old Gotham.
In the episode " Joker's Favor ", a driver's license lists a Gotham area resident's hometown as "Gotham Estates, NY ".
A corrupt politician in the pocket of crime lord Rupert Thorne, Hill won the Gotham City mayoral election while running on a platform of being tough on crime and combating police corruption.
Across the history of Batmobiles, the general idea of a sleek, black car is maintained in each remake of Gotham's most fearsome hero.
Additionally, Ben Affleck's Batman appears in in one of his final appearances as Gotham City's chief protector.
After a new threat comes to Gotham City in the form of Bane, Bruce takes up the mantle of Batman again to save his city one final time.
After the relative disappointment of Gotham Knights when it was released in October 2022, fans of the Dark Knight / the entire DC universe have been left wanting a decent video game entry in this particular comic book universe.
Common combinations with gotham
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gotham city 58×
- of gotham 28×
- in gotham 20×
- the gotham 14×
- to gotham 13×
- gotham and 8×
- gotham fc 8×
- gotham knights 6×
- as gotham 5×
- gotham awards 5×