New World
Americannoun
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the Americas and Oceania, especially when regarded collectively as the inhabited landmasses of the world that became known to Europe after its discovery of the Americas.
noun
Etymology
Origin of New World
First recorded in 1545–50
Example Sentences
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He also recently starred in the “Yellowstone” prequel “1923” and appeared in his first Marvel movie, “Captain America: Brave New World.”
From Los Angeles Times
Only the practical rationality and moral rootedness of the New World can redeem the old.
Nonnative livestock — not just horses and cows but also donkeys, pigs and sheep — thrived in the vast grasslands, plains and deserts of the New World.
From Los Angeles Times
Even if the country was never home to the coastal forts from which the trafficking of African people was organised, many enslaved people passed through it on the way to the New World.
From Barron's
Historians sometimes date the inception of the modern world to 1492, the year of Columbus’s departure for the New World.
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