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New Sweden

New Sweden proper noun: a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America that existed from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.

Proper noun

New Sweden

  1. (historical) A Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America that existed from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.
  2. An unincorporated community in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States.
  3. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  4. An unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas.

Questions about New Sweden

What does New Sweden mean?
New Sweden means a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America that existed from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.
What part of speech is New Sweden?
New Sweden is a proper noun.

Words near New Sweden in the dictionary

  1. new starters
  2. New Stone Age
  3. New Street
  4. New Style
  5. New Swabia
  6. New Sweden
  7. New Taibei
  8. New Taipei
  9. New Taipei City
  10. New Taiwan dollar
  11. New Taiwan dollars

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