New Spain

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noun

the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.

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Words nearby New Spain

newsmonger, New Smyrna Beach, new sol, New South, New South Wales, New Spain, newspaper, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newspeak, news peg

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How to use New Spain in a sentence

In the mid-16th century, Spain colonized the Philippines and called upon Mexico, as the viceroyalty New Spain, to govern there.
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The Spanish opened the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade Route, which led to importing dulce gatas, and they had brought goats to New Spain, developing the breed Criolla Negra for milk production.
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But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
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The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
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Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
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Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
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With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.
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Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for New Spain

New Spain

noun

a Spanish viceroyalty of the 16th to 19th centuries, composed of Mexico, Central America north of Panama, the Spanish West Indies, the southwestern US, and the Philippines

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