Sentence:  When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one act play competition - and won - Mercer , instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph , remained in <WSD>New</WSD> York . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center