New England

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New England

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

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  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: Sou
  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.

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name six states in the northeast of the United States

EspañolNueva Inglaterra
한국어뉴잉글랜드 Nyuinggeullaendeu
日本語ニューイングランド Nyū Ingurando
中文新英格蘭 /新英格兰 Xīnyīnggélán
हिन्दीन्यू इंग्लैंड nyū iṅglaiṇḍ
PortuguêsNova Inglaterra
FrançaisNouvelle-Angleterre
DeutschNeuengland
ItalianoNuova Inghilterra
ΕλληνικάΝέα Αγγλία Néa Anglía
RomânăNoua Anglie
РусскийНо́вая А́нглия Nóvaja Ánglija
العربيةإِنْقِلْتِرَا الْجَدِيدَة ʔinqiltirā l-jadīda
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"New England." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/new%20england. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"New England." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/new%20england.

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@misc{new_england_2026,
  title = {New England},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/new%20england},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}