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Definition of New hebrides
1. Noun. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980.
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Group relationships: Melanesia
Terms within: Capital Of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Vila
Lexicographical Neighbors of New Hebrides
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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