New France

English

Etymology

From new +‎ France. Calque of French Nouvelle-France. From Middle French Nouvelle France.

Proper noun

(historical) A group of former French colonies in North America, existing from 1534 to 1763 in much of modern eastern Canada and the United States.

Synonyms

French North America

Hyponyms

Translations

France's former possessions and colonies in North America

Arabic: فَرَنْسَا الْجَدِيدَة f (faransā l-jadīda)
Armenian: Նոր Ֆրանսիա (Nor Fransia)
Basque: Frantzia Berria
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新法蘭西 / 新法兰西 (Xīn Fǎlánxī)
Danish: Ny Frankrig
Finnish: Uusi Ranska
French: Nouvelle-France (fr) f
Georgian: ახალი საფრანგეთი (axali saprangeti)
German: Neufrankreich (de) n
Greek: Νέα Γαλλία f (Néa Gallía)
Japanese: ヌーベルフランス (Nūberu Furansu)
Khmer: បារាំងថ្មី (baarĕəngthməy)
Korean: 누벨프랑스 (Nubelpeurangseu)
Marathi: न्यू फ्रांस (nyū phrāusa), नवा फ्रांस (navā phrāusa)
Polish: Nowa Francja f
Romanian: Noua Franța f
Russian: Но́вая Фра́нция f (Nóvaja Fráncija)
Spanish: Nueva Francia f
Thai: นูแวลฟร็องส์
Turkish: Yeni Fransa

References

Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “New France”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.