New France
English
editEtymology
editFrom new + France. Calque of French Nouvelle-France. From Middle French Nouvelle France.
Proper noun
edit- (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
editHyponyms
editTranslations
editFrance's former possessions and colonies in North America
|
References
edit- “New France” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.