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(Encyclopedia)New Castile, Spain: see Castile.New Church
(Encyclopedia)New Church: see New Jerusalem, Church of the. ...New City
(Encyclopedia)New City, uninc. village (1990 pop. 33,673), seat of Rockland co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City. It is primarily residential.New Deal
(Encyclopedia)New Deal, in U.S. history, term for the domestic reform program of the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; it was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic party nominati...New France
(Encyclopedia)New France: see Canada.New Galicia
(Encyclopedia)New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)New Guinea gĭnˈē [key], island, c.342,000 sq mi (885,780 sq km), SW Pacific, N of Australia; the world's second largest island after Greenland. Politically it is divided into two sections: the Indo...New Hanover
(Encyclopedia)New Hanover or Lavongai lävôngˈī [key], volcanic island, c.460 sq mi (1,190 sq km), in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea. New Hanover is mountainous and densely forested. Coconuts...New Haven
(Encyclopedia)New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches...New Hebrides
(Encyclopedia)New Hebrides hĕbˈrĭdēz [key], Fr. Nouvelles Hébrides: see Vanuatu. ...Browse by Subject
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