New England
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1.5
- proper noun
- /nuː ˈɪŋɡlənd/
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Nueva Inglaterra
- I went to school in New England and I love New England, and I had never spent that much time in Maine.
- New England states
- southern New England
- colonial New England
I saw pictures yesterday on Instagram of New England in the fall.
- I saw pictures yesterday on Instagram of New England in the fall.
- And it's like the Puritan mindset of New England.
- Well, he's, he's a Yankee from up in New England.
- Because it's you're just not from New Jersey or New England.
- You're talking to my, my wife's cousin who's a teacher in New England who will probably never watch this.
- These men came from all over Connecticut and all over New England.
- I mean, on the East Coast is GPS doesn't even help you in some of the parts of New England at all.
- We created a burned out zone in much of the Rust Belt, the upper Midwest, Pennsylvania, New England was long gone.
- There's the fans that go in the current climate of the, of the sports in the New England area.
- And he just wishes, he just wishes he yearns that Virginia could be like New England without slaves, with these flourishing villages.
- They are the best New England folk duo I've ever heard.
Examples
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They are the best New England folk duo I've ever heard.
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I'm in a sort of strange love affair with New England.
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You could be coming to New England with me.
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I saw a film the other day about a little town in New England.
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I saw pictures yesterday on Instagram of New England in the fall.
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I'm from a small town in New England.
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After weeks at sea we were finally back... the New England coast was in sight when the storm took us by surprise.
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I can tell a New England accent a mile away.
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Welcome to Boston for the 2017 AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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The vibrant foliage of New England attracts thousands of tourists every autumn.
Synonyms
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2.0
A region in the north east of the United States that includes states like New York and Massachusetts
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3.4
The part of the United States in the northeast that includes states like New York and Massachusetts
Surface Forms
Morphology
New + England
The name 'New England' is compositionally transparent: 'New' modifies 'England' to indicate a place named after England, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a geographic area associated with England. The 'New + place' naming pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner would understand it's a region/place even if they might not know the exact states included.
Etymology
New England comes from early English settlers who called the area a 'new home' for people from England. They named it New (because it was new land) and England (because settlers came from England), so today New England means the northeastern region of the United States.