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Definition of New World

1. Noun. The hemisphere that includes North America and South America.

Definition of New World

1. Proper noun. The continents North America and South America combined ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of New World

Literary usage of New World

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... in his providence to amplify their monarchy by the addition of fo many rich and powerful kingdoms, as they have acquired in this new world. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"In the New World this movement resulted in the plundering of Spanish vessels, attacks on the Spanish ports with the object of holding them to ransom, ..."

3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER VH THE New World AND THE OLD THE young American was soon ready for the expedition, but De Catinat lingered until the last possible minute. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The only other part of the world where extensive research of this kind has been attempted is North and South America, but the cultures of the New World ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"The influence of the New World upon the material conditions of life in the Old World has been very varied. For most inhabitants of Europe, and even for the ..."

6. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1905)
"The United States had always professed a deep interest in the condition of all the countries belonging to the New World, and professed not merely an ..."

7. A History of the United States by William Coligny Doub (1906)
"Up to this time the people of Europe thought all the New World was a part of Asia. They now saw that the land discovered and explored by Americus Vespucius ..."

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