New France

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

New France

1. (historical) France's former possessions and colonies in North America, including Canada (now Quebec and Ontario and Ohio plains), Acadia (now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), and Louisiana (now the Mississippi plains), before 1763.

Synonyms

• French North America

 

Hyponyms

• Acadia
• Canada
• Louisiana

 

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

• “New France” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.