New Georgia

American  

noun

1. a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.

2. the chief island of this group. 50 miles (80 km) long; 20 miles (32 km) wide.

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New Georgia British  

noun

1. a group of islands in the SW Pacific, in the Solomon Islands

2. the largest island in this group. Area: about 1300 sq km (500 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

“We have jokes about that both internally and externally,” Keron Blair, the chief field officer for New Georgia Project Action Fund, a top organizing group in the state, told me.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022

In the days since the election, New Georgia Project has raised more than $700,000, Cotton said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2022

“She’s always 100 percent poised and perfect all the time,” said Paul Glaze, an official with the New Georgia Project, the organization Ms. Abrams began to register the state’s voters of color.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

The New Georgia Project, founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams, has devoted itself to bringing voters to the polls who represent a rapidly diversifying Georgia — Black, Latino, Asian and younger voters.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

She and her brother-in-law left Walruses’ Bay at the end of June, and following the coast got back to New Georgia towards the end of July, after an absolutely fruitless journey.

From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by D'Anvers, N.