New Britain

American  

noun

1. the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Rabaul.

2. a city in central Connecticut.

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New Britain British  

noun

1. an island in the S Pacific, northeast of New Guinea: the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea; mountainous, with several active volcanoes. Capital: Rabaul. Pop: 161 737 (2000). Area: 36 519 sq km (14 100 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Stanley didn’t equip the New Britain plant with the machinery needed to do double-sided printing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

It turned out that some of the stiffest competition faced by the New Britain plant came from within Stanley itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

In 1950, The Stanley Works manufacturing complex in New Britain, Conn., stretched down Myrtle Street and employed close to 5,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Some factory neighbors in New Britain have a fatalistic view.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

On Hawaii, I heard some of what had happened in the campaign to take the far end of New Britain Island so that Rabaul could be under attack from both sides.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac