Nouméa

American  

[noo-mey-uh] / nuˈmeɪ ə /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.

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Nouméa British  

/ numea, ˌnuːˈmeɪə /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Denise Fisher, who was Australia’s consul general in the New Caledonian capital of Nouméa during the early 2000s, said the violence was the worst seen in the archipelago in 40 years.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Nouméa Accord, signed in 1998, put the territory onto a path of more autonomy.

From BBC

Those restrictions have since been lifted, and commercial flights are slowly resuming from a smaller airstrip near the capital, Noumea, though the territory’s main airport remains closed.

From New York Times

Nicolas Sougnac lives in Koumac, a settlement north of Noumea.

From New York Times

Most of the unrest has been concentrated around Noumea, in New Caledonia’s south.

From New York Times