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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

  1. 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
  2. A census-designated place in Dade County, Georgia.
  3. A minor city in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  6. A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1801).
  7. A hamlet in Birdbrook parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7042).
  8. A settlement in Croft parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, next to Wainfleet All Saints (OS grid ref TF5059).
  9. A hamlet in Combe St Nicholas parish, Somerset, near the town of Chard (OS grid ref ST3210).
  10. A loosely defined region in the north of New South Wales, Australia.
  11. 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

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

  1. New Eltham
  2. New Empire
  3. New End
  4. new energy vehicle
  5. new energy vehicles
  6. New England
  7. New England aster
  8. New England asters
  9. New England baked beans
  10. New England clam chowder
  11. New England clam chowders

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