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

His manufactory was renamed The Stanley Works, and over the next century it boomed, employing 5,000 people in and around New Britain and helping to give it the nickname “Hardware City.”

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 Navajos on New Britain Island not only sent messages by radio and telephone, sometimes they even carried them by hand, running from one position to another.

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