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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New Britain

In 1850, the community was incorporated as New Britain, and Frederick Stanley was the first elected mayor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

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

Some factory neighbors in New Britain have a fatalistic view.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

The bees represent the companies that helped build New Britain into a robust manufacturing town, and the busiest of all was Stanley Black & Decker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

While we were taking Bougainville, General Mac- Arthur’s forces would be landing on the western end of New Britain Island at Cape Gloucester to establish a new airfield there, too.

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