New Ireland

English

Proper noun

New Ireland

1. An island of the Bismarck Archipelago, a German colony from 1884 to 1921; governed by Australia from 1921 and then by Papua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day.
2. (historical) A Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain established in what is now the state of Maine, U.S., after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the War of 1812.
3. (historical) A proposed renaming of Prince Edward Island, led by then lieutenant governor Walter Patterson in 1770.
4. (historical) A short-lived territory proclaimed by the Castle Hill convict rebellion in Australia.

Translations

island

• French: Nouvelle-Irlande (fr) f
• German: Neumecklenburg
• Norwegian: New Ireland
• Portuguese: Nova Irlanda f
• Tok Pisin: Nu Ailan