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New Spain

New Spain proper noun: a former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.

Proper noun

New Spain

  1. (historical) A former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.
    • After Cortés the government of New Spain degenerated under the rule of Nuño de Guzmán, president of the first audiencia, into a brutish exploitation of the Indians.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 21

New Spain meaning in Marathi and Arabic

New Spain in Marathi

historical colony
नवा स्पेन navā spen

New Spain in Arabic

historical colony
إِسْبَانِيَا الْجَدِيدَة ʔisbāniyā l-jadīda

Origin of New Spain

Calque of Spanish Nueva España.

Questions about New Spain

What does New Spain mean?
New Spain means a former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.
What is New Spain in Marathi?
New Spain in Marathi is नवा स्पेन (navā spen). See New Spain meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is New Spain?
New Spain is a proper noun.

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