New England

American  

noun

1. an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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New England British  

noun

1. the NE part of the US, consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut: settled originally chiefly by Puritans in the mid-17th century

2. a region in SE Australia, in the northern tablelands of New South Wales

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New England Cultural  

1. Region in the northeastern United States that includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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The region is thought to have been named by Captain John Smith for its resemblance to the English coast.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• New Englander
  noun
• New Englandish
  adjective

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• England vs. New England

Example Sentences

Slavin, a former New England local board member, ran against Astin for SAG-AFTRA president last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Rowbottom grew up in rural New England, a card-carrying “Horse Girl” whose parents’ divorce became small-town gossip when her father began dating her drama teacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

After working all day as an operations director at a busy New England hospital, Catherine Clarke would lie awake at night wondering where she went wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The results were published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Little Lois bit her tongue and studied her New England Primer.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham