New England

noun

1. an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England

noun

1. the NE part of the US, consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut: settled originally chiefly by Puritans in the mid-17th century
2. a region in SE Australia, in the northern tablelands of New South Wales

New England

1. Region in the northeastern United States that includes Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont .

Notes

The region is thought to have been named by Captain John Smith for its resemblance to the English coast.

Other Words From

• New England·er noun
• New England·ish adjective

Example Sentences

However, they note that even the modest slowing of 15 percent has been accompanied by odd temperature patterns in the ocean and the significant upending of certain key fisheries, such as lobster and cod off the coast of New England.

From Washington Post

So, unlike power plants in New England, Texas’s gas-fired generators have a harder time switching to other fuels when gas supply is tight.

From Washington Post

Astro Lab’s taproom manager Tasha Martin, a huge Capitals fan, designed the cans for Wicked Wrister, a triple dry-hopped New England-style IPA.

From Washington Post

It was a good week for Seton Hall, which swept a New England trip to Providence and Connecticut.

From Washington Post

Availability has been his biggest problem, having started just 23 of 48 games since he was traded from New England.

From Washington Post

Once I began reading, I realized A Gronking to Remember was a masturbatory tribute to the New England Patriots.

From The Daily Beast

The trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.

From The Daily Beast

Imagine with me for a moment that the states of New England left the United States of America.

From The Daily Beast

Moss started the blog in 2007, having moved to New York from a small, working-class New England town “around 20 years” ago.

From The Daily Beast

The impeachment issue is driving campaign narratives even in the relatively liberal precincts of New England.

From The Daily Beast

Nicknames among this class of poor whites in the South seem singularly like those in vogue in New England.

From Project Gutenberg

He was not many years removed from the sound of a preaching of the straitest New England Calvinism.

From Project Gutenberg

Another party are instigated by Episcopalian prejudices against New England.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a fine estate, with a very grand house for the New England town by the sea in which it was situated.

From Project Gutenberg

You will find just as much haggling over a five-cent piece here as in any small New England town.

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