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New Swabia

New Swabia proper noun: a region in the East of Antarctica first explored by a German expedition in 1939.

Proper noun

New Swabia

  1. A region in the East of Antarctica first explored by a German expedition in 1939.
    • From their hideaways in South America, it would have been easy for the Nazis to slink away down to New Swabia and establish the Fourth Reich.2009, Monte Cook, “Everything's Better with Nazis”, in The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Origin of New Swabia

Calque of German Neuschwabenland.

Questions about New Swabia

What does New Swabia mean?
New Swabia means a region in the East of Antarctica first explored by a German expedition in 1939.
What part of speech is New Swabia?
New Swabia is a proper noun.

Words near New Swabia in the dictionary

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  4. New Street
  5. New Style
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  8. New Taibei
  9. New Taipei
  10. New Taipei City
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