New France

English

proper noun
Definitions
  • (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.

Etymology

Compound from English new + English France.

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English

France

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