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New World
–noun
| Western Hemisphere (def. 1). |
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New World
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| New World
The Western Hemisphere. The term was first used by the Italian historian Peter Martyr (1457-1526), whose De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe (1516) chronicled the discovery of America. |
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| new world | |
noun | |
| the hemisphere that includes North America and South America [syn: western hemisphere] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
New World
A name for the Americas, especially during the time of first exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans. (Compare Old World.)
[Chapter:] World History since 1550
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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