New World

noun

1. the Americas and Oceania, especially when regarded collectively as the inhabited landmasses of the world that became known to Europe after its discovery of the Americas.

2. Western Hemisphere.

New World

noun

1. the Americas; the western hemisphere

New World

1. A name for the Americas, especially during the time of first exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans. (Compare Old World.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of New World¹

First recorded in 1545–50

Example Sentences

About a month after his New World tour began in August 2024, Glover postponed the tour, and then later cancelled the remaining dates, citing health issues.

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With Maps of the Country Through Which the Routes Pass, in the Northern, Middle, and Eastern States, a book whose title was as grand and cocksure as the New World it so thrillingly described.

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The ships were loaded with guns and other munitions, gold, silver, foodstuffs, livestock, and nearly a thousand sailors and Protestant colonists called Huguenots seeking freedom in the New World.

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The Aztec emperor Montezuma, one could say, was dethroned not so much by Cortés as by Old World germs and New World enemies.

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King pointed to cattle supplies at record lows due to drought, herd rebuilding and the impact of the New World screwworm in Mexico.

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