Definition of New hebrides

1. Noun. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980.

Exact synonyms: Republic Of Vanuatu, Vanuatu
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Group relationships: Melanesia
Terms within: Capital Of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Vila

Lexicographical Neighbors of New Hebrides

New English Bible
New Flower
New Forest
New Forest pony
New Forester
New France
New General Catalogue
New Guinea
New Guinea flightless rail
New Guinea flightless rails
New Hampshire
New Hampshire rule
New Hampshirite
New Hampshirites
New Haven
New Hebrides
New High German
New Holland
New Ionian
New Ionic
New Ireland
New Jersey
New Jersey Plan
New Jerseyan
New Jerseyite
New Jerseyites
New Journalism
New Labour
New Latin
New London

Literary usage of New hebrides

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

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"The Australian governments protested against allowing France to acquire possession of the new hebrides. New South Wales declined to join in the protest, ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"ANGLO-FRENCH CONVENTION RESPECTING THE new hebrides When the Anglo-French agreement of April 8 ... The question of the new hebrides is one of long standing. ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1872)
"The new hebrides and Santa Ci~uz Groups, South-West Pacific. ... and new hebrides groups, some of which had never been previously touched at by a man-of-war ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Fiji, New Caledonia, new hebrides and Solomon groups. The general laws regulating winds, tides and currents suffer fewer modifications in the Pacific than ..."

5. Missionary Review of the World (1898)
"S. & P., FUTUNA, new hebrides. Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland. ... The new hebrides stretch NNW for 400 miles, from lat. 20° 10' to 14° 29' S., ..."

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