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

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

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

“People who live in New Britain are very proud of their history, of where we came from, of what our story is,” Stewart said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

A month into their housing search in Hartford County, the couple finally found their dream home in a suburb, New Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Otherwise what happened to Alex Williams on New Britain Island could have happened to me.

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