New Caledonia

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuː ˌkæl.ɪˈdəʊ.ni.ə/, /ˈnjuː ˌkæl.əˈdəʊ.ni.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnu ˌkæl.ɪˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˈnu ˌkæl.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/

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Proper noun

New Caledonia

1. An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies.
2. (historical) A district of the west coast of British North America traded by the Hudson's Bay Company. It became the colony of British Columbia in 1858.
3. (historical) A short-lived (1698–1700) Scottish colony in Panama, around Darien (which was renamed New Edinburgh as its capital)

Holonyms

(territory in Oceania):

• Melanesia

(district of North America):

• North America

Derived terms

• New Caledonian

Translations

overseas territory of France

• Albanian: Kaledonia e Re f
• Arabic: كَالِيدُونِيَا الْجَدِيدَة f (kālīdūniyā l-jadīda)
• Armenian: Նոր Կալեդոնիա (Nor Kaledonia)
• Azerbaijani: Yeni Kaledoniya (az)
• Belarusian: Но́вая Каледо́нія f (Nóvaja Kaljedónija)
• Bengali: নিউ ক্যালিডোনিয়া (niu kêliḍōniẏa)
• Big Nambas: Kaletuni
• Breton: Kaledonia-Nevez f
• Bulgarian: Но́ва Каледо́ния f (Nóva Kaledónija)
• Burmese: နယူးကလီဒိုနီး (na.yu:ka.liduini:)
• Catalan: Nova Caledònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新喀里多尼亞 (Xīn Kèlǐduōníyà, Xīn Kèlǐduōníyǎ)

• Corsican: Nova Calidonia f, Nova Caledonia f
• Czech: Nová Kaledonie (cs) f
• Danish: Ny Kaledonien n
• Dutch: Nieuw-Caledonië (nl) n
• East Futunan: Niu Kaletonia
• Esperanto: Nov-Kaledonio (eo)
• Estonian: Uus-Kaledoonia
• Faroese: Ný Kaledonia n
• Finnish: Uusi-Kaledonia (fi)
• French: Nouvelle-Calédonie (fr) f
• Galician: Nova Caledonia (gl) f
• Georgian: ახალი კალედონია (axali ḳaledonia)
• German: Neukaledonien (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Καληδονία (el) f (Néa Kalidonía)
• Hebrew: קלדוניה החדשה f (kaledonia ha-khadasha)
• Hindi: नया कैलेडोनिया (hi) m (nayā kaileḍoniyā)
• Hungarian: Új-Kaledónia (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýja-Kaledónía f
• Indonesian: Kaledonia Baru
• Irish: An Nua-Chaladóin f
• Italian: Nuova Caledonia f
• Japanese: ニューカレドニア (Nyūkaredonia), ヌーヴェルカレドニー (Nūverukaredonī) (French form)
• Kazakh: Жаңа Каледония (Jaña Kaledoniä)
• Korean: 뉴칼레도니아 (Nyukalledonia)
• Kyrgyz: Жаңы Каледония (Jaŋı Kaledoniya)
• Latin: Nova Caledonia f
• Latvian: Jaunkaledonija f
• Lithuanian: Naujoji Kaledonija f
• Macedonian: Нова Каледонија f (Nova Kaledonija)
• Malay: New Caledonia
• Māori: Kanaki
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Шинэ Каледони (Šine Kaledoni)

• Norman: Nouvelle Calédonie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ny-Caledonia n

  Nynorsk: Ny-Caledonia n

• Occitan: Nava Caledònia f, Nòva Caledònia f
• Persian: کالِدونیایِ جَدید (kâledoniyâ-ye jadid), کالِدونیایِ نُو (kâledoniyâ-ye now)
• Polish: Nowa Kaledonia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Nova Caledônia (pt) f

  European: Nova Caledónia (pt) f

• Romanian: Noua Caledonie f
• Russian: Но́вая Каледо́ния f (Nóvaja Kaledónija)
• Scots: New Caledon, New Caledonie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Nova Kaledonija f

• Slovak: Nová Kaledónia f
• Slovene: Nova Kaledonija f
• Spanish: Nueva Caledonia (es) f
• Swedish: Nya Kaledonien (sv) n
• Tagalog: New Caledonia
• Tajik: Каледонияи Нав (Kaledoniyayi Nav)
• Tatar: Яңа Каледония (Yaña Qaledoniyä)
• Thai: นิวแคลิโดเนีย
• Turkish: Yeni Kaledonya (tr)
• Turkmen: Täze Kaledoniýa
• Ukrainian: Нова́ Каледо́нія f (Nová Kaledónija)
• Urdu: نیو کیلیڈونیا m (nyo keleḍonyā)
• Uyghur: يېڭى كالېدونىيە (yë'ngi kalëdoniye)
• Uzbek: Yangi Kaledoniya
• Vietnamese: Tân Thế giới, Tân Ca-lê-đô-ni-a
• Volapük: Nula-Kaledän (vo)
• Wallisian: Niu Kaletonia
• West Frisian: Nij-Kaledoanje n

See also

• Caledonia
• Kanak
• Countries of the world