New France

English

Etymology

From new +‎ France. Calque of French Nouvelle-France. From Middle French Nouvelle France.

Proper noun

New France

2. (historical) A group of former French colonies in North America, existing from 1534 to 1763 in much of modern eastern Canada and the United States.

Synonyms

• French North America

Hyponyms

• Acadia
• Canada
• Louisiana

Translations

France's former possessions and colonies in North America

• Arabic: فَرَنْسَا الْجَدِيدَة f (faransā l-jadīda)
• Armenian: Նոր Ֆրանսիա (Nor Fransia)
• Basque: Frantzia Berria
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新法蘭西 / 新法兰西 (Xīn Fǎlánxī)

• Danish: Ny Frankrig
• Finnish: Uusi Ranska
• French: Nouvelle-France (fr) f
• Georgian: ახალი საფრანგეთი (axali saprangeti)
• German: Neufrankreich (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Γαλλία f (Néa Gallía)
• Japanese: ヌーベルフランス (Nūberu Furansu)
• Khmer: បារាំងថ្មី (baarĕəngthməy)
• Korean: 누벨프랑스 (Nubelpeurangseu)
• Marathi: न्यू फ्रांस (nyū phrāusa), नवा फ्रांस (navā phrāusa)
• Polish: Nowa Francja f
• Romanian: Noua Franța f
• Russian: Но́вая Фра́нция f (Nóvaja Fráncija)
• Spanish: Nueva Francia f
• Thai: นูแวลฟร็องส์
• Turkish: Yeni Fransa

References

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “New France”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.