the New Worldnoun
uk/ˌnjuː ˈwɜːld/us/ˌnuː ˈwɝːld/North, Central, and South America
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Countries, nationalities & continents: continents & regions of the world
- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Arab
- Asian
- Atlantic
- Australasia
- Balkan
- basque
- equator
- Latin
- roaring forties
- South America
- the Arctic Circle
- the Balkans
- the Far East
- the land of the midnight sun idiom
- the Middle East
- the Pacific Rim
- the West Indies
- Western Saharan
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Examples from literature
- Europeans first learned of it when explorers came to the New World around 1500.
- Spain claimed the New World as its territory.