New England
New England proper noun: a geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Proper noun
New England
- A geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- [page 3] New England is that part of America in the Ocean Sea opposite to Noua Albyon in the South Sea; discouered by the most memorable Sir Francis Drake in his voyage about the worlde. In regarde whereto this is stiled New England, beeing in the same latitude. New France, off it, is Northward...
- [page 7] That part wee call New England is betwixt the degrees of 41. and 45: but that parte this discourse speaketh of, stretcheth but from Pennobscot to Cape Cod, some 75 leagues by a right line distant each from other […]1616, John Smith, A Description of New England, London: Humfrey Lownes, →OCLC, pages 3, 7
- A census-designated place in Dade County, Georgia.
- A minor city in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
- A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1801).
- A hamlet in Birdbrook parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7042).
- A settlement in Croft parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, next to Wainfleet All Saints (OS grid ref TF5059).
- A hamlet in Combe St Nicholas parish, Somerset, near the town of Chard (OS grid ref ST3210).
- A loosely defined region in the north of New South Wales, Australia.
- An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
New England meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
New England in Hindi
- six states in the northeast of the United States
- न्यू इंग्लैंड nyū iṅglaiṇḍ
New England in Tamil
- six states in the northeast of the United States
- நியூ இங்கிலாந்து niyū iṅkilāntu
New England in Marathi
- six states in the northeast of the United States
- न्यू इंग्लंड nyū iṅglaṇḍa
New England in Urdu
- six states in the northeast of the United States
- نیو انگلینڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- New England in Telugu
- న్యూ ఇంగ్లండ్ nyū iṅglaṇḍ
- New England in Malayalam
- ന്യൂ ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട് nyū iṅglaṇṭŭ
- New England in Kannada
- ನ್ಯೂ ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ nyū iṅgleṇḍ
- New England in Punjabi
- ਨਿਊ ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ niū iṅgalaiṇḍ
- New England in Tagalog
- Bagong Inglatera
- New England in Arabic
- إِنْقِلْتِرَا الْجَدِيدَة ʔinqiltirā l-jadīda
- New England in Persian
- نیو انگلند
- New England in Thai
- นิวอิงแลนด์
Origin of New England
The name of the American region was coined by English explorer John Smith in 1616.
Words formed from New England
- New England aster
- New England baked beans
- New England cottontail
- New Englander and New Englandress
- New Englandish
- New Englandism
- New Englandly
- New Englandy
- New England theology
Questions about New England
- What does New England mean?
- New England means a geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- What is New England in Hindi?
- New England in Hindi is न्यू इंग्लैंड (nyū iṅglaiṇḍ). See New England meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is New England?
- New England is a proper noun.
Words near New England in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: New England (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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