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New London

(Encyclopedia)New London, city (1990 pop. 24,540), New London co., SE Conn., on the Thames River near its mouth on Long Island Sound; laid out 1646 by John Winthrop, inc. 1784. It is a deepwater port of entry, with...

New Castle

(Encyclopedia)New Castle. 1 City (1990 pop. 4,837), New Castle co., N Del., on the Delaware River. Mineral, metal, food, paper, and gypsum products are among its varied manufactures. It is also a major book distrib...

new objectivity

(Encyclopedia)new objectivity (Ger. Neue Sachlichkeit), German art movement of the 1920s. The chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix, who were sometimes called verists. They created styles of...

New Castile

(Encyclopedia)New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

New Galicia

(Encyclopedia)New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.

New Lanark

(Encyclopedia)New Lanark, Scotland: see Lanark.

New Sarum

(Encyclopedia)New Sarum, England: see Salisbury. ...

New Spain

(Encyclopedia)New Spain: see Mexico, country.

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