New London
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- proper noun
- /nuː ˈlʌndən/
- In Connecticut, New London County saw a drop in longevity, while Fairfield and Hartford counties saw significant jumps.
- New London, Connecticut
- New London, Conn.
- City of New London
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This is in response to the 2005 Kelo v. New London decision, in which the Connecticut city condemned private land to transfer it to another private owner for an ostensibly higher economic purpose.
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In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New London, Connecticut, could use the procedure to seize privately owned property so developers could build a new shopping mall.
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of New London, and the decision was not entirely well received by the public.
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And with respect to the second "polar proposition," only a part of the New London economic redevelopment area was reserved for "future use by the public."
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When a city uses eminent domain to take property for widening a road, or for a power line, or in the case of New London, CT, to build a shopping center, there's a lot of opposition.
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Associated Press writers Dave Collins, Pat Eaton-Robb, and Michael Melia in Hartford and Susan Haigh in New London contributed to this report.
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We stacked the court with conservatives, and now we can't even own our own property thanks to the Supreme Court's 2005 (Eminent Domain) decision in the case of Kelo v. City of New London.
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In the 1800s, New London was a thriving whaling port, and later it was a manufacturing center.
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Today, this historic gun rests quietly on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
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Here in Connecticut's New London County, the defense industry employs more than half the county's labor force.
Surface Forms
Morphology
new + London
The name is clearly formed from 'new' + 'London', so learners who know both words will infer it refers to a place related to or named after London (i.e., a 'new' London). However, the specific referent — that it is a town in southeastern Connecticut and its historical whaling significance — cannot be derived from the constituents alone. Because learners can grasp the general place-name meaning but not the detailed geographic or historical information, the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
New London was named by early English settlers who used New and London to show a 'new' version of London in England. Because it grew up around a busy harbor and many 'whaling' ships in the 1800s, New London now refers to the coastal town known for its sea history.