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I guess that feeds into the cultural/temporal ambiguities of "what is new york?" and "what is a mayor".

New York could be the state, and mayor could just be a word that means leader of an area.

Perhaps that is getting too into the realm of deterritorialisation, but the point being that these concepts are context specific.

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Perhaps so, in any other topic thread it wouldn't have mattered as much, we are talking about abstract Wikipedia this kind of challenges will come when knowledge is expected to transcend language.

P.S. Also OP said "antony cumio" Andrew Cuomo is similar but quite different .

P.P.S. I wouldn't expect context to differentiate say between City of London and London City but New York City and New York state is somewhat well known ?

Both the city elections for mayor ( preferential voting) and state governor (sexual harassment) has been in the news lately.

Or it might change what city has and there be small but distinct differences between Mayor and for example City manager. So at one point in time they have city manager and then after that mayor. These two being similar, but distinct roles...

Not to even go defining what is a city...

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