New World

American  

noun

1. 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.

2. Western Hemisphere.

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New World British  

noun

1. the Americas; the western hemisphere

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New World Cultural  

1. A name for the Americas, especially during the time of first exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans. (Compare Old World.)

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Etymology

Origin of New World

First recorded in 1545–50

Example Sentences

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New World

Agriculture Department will allow cattle imports from Mexico for the first time in more than a year beginning in late August, even as New World screwworm remains a threat to domestic livestock.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And New World Screwworm has forced the U.S. to halt Mexican live-cattle flows.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Paine’s radicalism did not spring forth like an exotic New World plant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Agency for International Development, for example, was a program monitoring the advance of the New World screwworm north from Central America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Thus Pizarro’s capture of Atahuallpa illustrates the set of proximate factors that resulted in Europeans’ colonizing the New World instead of Native Americans’ colonizing Europe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond