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New England en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

The name of the American region was coined by English explorer John Smith in 1616.

Meanings

  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: Southwardes is Virginia, and all the adioyning Continent, with New Granado, New Spain, New Andolosia and the West Indies. [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:
    • On the twenty-sixth of March, 1638, Peter Noyes, yeoman of the parish of Weyhill, Hampshire, gave his land back to the Lord of the Manor. No longer would he help his Hampshire neighbors erect fences around the common fields in the spring or watch the plow teams turn furrows in the rich loam. Noyes had decided. He was taking his eldest son to visit New England in the expectation of moving his family from Weyhill forever. 1963, Sumner Chilton Powell, “Chapter I: The Web of Open-field Life”, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, Wesleyan University Press:
  2. Other places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Dade County, Georgia.
  3. Other places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
  4. Other places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio.
  5. Other places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  6. A place in England: ▸ A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1801).
  7. A place in England: ▸ A hamlet in Birdbrook parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7042).
  8. A place in England: ▸ A settlement in Croft parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, next to Wainfleet All Saints (OS grid ref TF5059).
  9. A place in England: ▸ 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.

Deriveds

New England cottontail · New England baked beans · New Englander and New Englandress · New Englandy · New Englandish · New Englandly · New England theology · New Englandism · New England aster

Relateds

Novanglican · Novanglian

Translations (79)

fr Nouvelle-Angleterre (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ro Noua Anglie (six states in the northeast of the United States) · pnb نیو انگلینڈ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · af Nieu-Engeland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sh Нова Енглеска (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sq Anglia e Re (six states in the northeast of the United States) · te న్యూ ఇంగ్లండ్ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · mk Нова Англија (six states in the northeast of the United States) · gd Sasainn Nuadh (six states in the northeast of the United States) · be Новая Англія (six states in the northeast of the United States) · tr New England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · hi न्यू इंग्लैंड (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ar إِنْقِلْتِرَا الْجَدِيدَة (six states in the northeast of the United States) · kn ನ್ಯೂ ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · fi Uusi-Englanti (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ia Nove Anglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · cy Lloegr Newydd (six states in the northeast of the United States) · es Nueva Inglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · mr न्यू इंग्लंड (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sc Noa Inghilterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sv New England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · tr Yeni İngiltere (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ja ニューイングランド (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ast Nueva Inglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · li Nui Ingeland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · da New England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · gv Sostyn Noa (six states in the northeast of the United States) · cs Nová Anglie (six states in the northeast of the United States) · br Bro-Saoz Nevez (six states in the northeast of the United States) · pa ਨਿਊ ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sh Nova Engleska (six states in the northeast of the United States) · nrf Nouvelle Angliétèrre (six states in the northeast of the United States) · he ניו אינגלנד (six states in the northeast of the United States) · cmn 新英格蘭 /新英格兰 (six states in the northeast of the United States) · nl Nieuw-Engeland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sco New Ingland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ca Nova Anglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · it Nuova Inghilterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · uz Yangi Angliya (six states in the northeast of the United States) · fy Nij-Ingelân (six states in the northeast of the United States) · fa نیو انگلند (six states in the northeast of the United States) · pl Nowa Anglia (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ml ന്യൂ ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട് (six states in the northeast of the United States) · el Νέα Αγγλία (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ka ახალი ინგლისი (six states in the northeast of the United States) · gl Nova Inglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · rsk Нова Анґлия (six states in the northeast of the United States) · oc Nòva Anglatèrra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · cv Ҫӗнӗ Англи (six states in the northeast of the United States) · eo Nov-Anglio (six states in the northeast of the United States) · uk Нова Англія (six states in the northeast of the United States) · eu Ingalaterra Berria (six states in the northeast of the United States) · hsb Nowa Jendźelska (six states in the northeast of the United States) · lt Naujoji Anglija (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ur نیو انگلینڈ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · la Nova Anglia (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ru Но́вая А́нглия (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ga Sasana Nua (six states in the northeast of the United States) · hu Új-Anglia (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sl Nova Anglija (six states in the northeast of the United States) · kk Жаңа Англия (six states in the northeast of the United States) · fo Nýongland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · an Nueva Anglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · de Neuengland (six states in the northeast of the United States) · sk Nové Anglicko (six states in the northeast of the United States) · io Nov Anglia (six states in the northeast of the United States) · lv Jaunanglija (six states in the northeast of the United States) · hy Նոր Անգլիա (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ta நியூ இங்கிலாந்து (six states in the northeast of the United States) · nb New England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · th นิวอิงแลนด์ (six states in the northeast of the United States) · pt Nova Inglaterra (six states in the northeast of the United States) · is Nýja England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · tl Bagong Inglatera (six states in the northeast of the United States) · et Uus-Inglismaa (six states in the northeast of the United States) · ko 뉴잉글랜드 (six states in the northeast of the United States) · nl New England (six states in the northeast of the United States) · bg Нова Англия (six states in the northeast of the United States) · az Yeni İngiltərə (six states in the northeast of the United States)