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New Brunswick

American  

noun

  1. a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Fredericton.

  2. a city in central New Jersey.


New Brunswick British  

noun

  1.  NB.  a province of SE Canada on the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy: extensively forested. Capital: Fredericton. Pop: 751 384 (2004 est). Area: 72 092 sq km (27 835 sq miles)

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New Brunswick Cultural  
  1. Province in eastern Canada, bordered by Quebec to the north, the Gulf of St. Lawrence (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) to the east, Nova Scotia to the southeast, and Maine to the west. Together with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, it is one of the Maritime Provinces. Fredericton is its capital, and Saint John is its largest city.


Example Sentences

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New Brunswick launched a new investigation, this time looking at data from 222 patients, about 75 percent of whom lived in or around the city of Moncton.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt said in May that her government would do what it could to provide patients "the information they need about what's causing these illnesses."

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

During the voyage, Pupulewatte used custom fluorometers built by Max Gorbunov from the Falkowski Lab on Cook Campus in New Brunswick.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

CJD is both fatal and potentially contagious, so a group of experts was quickly assembled to investigate. Fortunately for New Brunswick, the disease didn't spread.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

The Mi’kmaq in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia scoffed at the notion of European superiority.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann