New South Wales

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

New South Wales

2. A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1788 to 1901. Capital: Sydney.
   • 2024 October 18, Laura Masia, “NSW Finally Passes Bill Allowing Trans People To Change Birth Certificates Without Surgery”, in Pedestrian‎^[1]:

     “The passing of this bill today makes New South Wales a safer and more inclusive place for more people,” said Penny Sharpe, the leader of the government in the upper house.

3. (historical) (1770—1850s) The original name conferred on Australia by Captain James Cook, and used to describe the entire eastern portion of the continent.
4. (historical) (1631–?) The name of an area of modern Canada stretching from the Nelson River in Manitoba to the James Bay in Ontario.

Derived terms

• New South Welsh
• NSW

Translations

state of Australia

• Afrikaans: Nieu-Suid-Wallis
• Arabic: نْيُو سَاوْث وِيلْز m (nyū sawṯ weylz)
• Armenian: Նոր Հարավային Ուելս (Nor Haravayin Uels)
• Azerbaijani: Yeni Cənubi Uels
• Belarusian: Новы Паўднёвы Уэльс (Nóvy Pawdnjóvy Uelʹs)
• Bengali: ন​য়া দক্ষিণ ওয়েলস (nô​ẏa dôkkhin ẇelś)
• Breton: Sukembre-Nevez
• Bulgarian: Нов Ю́жен Уе́лс m (Nov Júžen Uéls)
• Catalan: Nova Gal·les del Sud
• Cherokee: ᎠᏤ ᏧᎦᎾᏮ Ꮹ⁠Ꮄ⁠Ꮝ (atse tsuganawv wa⁠le⁠s)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新南威爾士 / 新南威尔士 (san¹ naam⁴ wai¹ ji⁵ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 新南威爾士 / 新南威尔士 (zh) (Xīn-Nán-Wēi'ěrshì)

  Wu: 新南威爾士 / 新南威尔士 (¹shin ⁶noe ¹ue-er-zy)

• Corsican: Novu Galles di u Sudu m
• Czech: Nový Jižní Wales m
• Danish: New South Wales
• Dinka: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Nieuw-Zuid-Wales (nl) n
• Esperanto: Novsudkimrio
• Estonian: Uus-Lõuna-Wales
• Finnish: Uusi-Etelä-Wales
• French: Nouvelle-Galles du Sud (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Nij-Súd-Wales n

• Galician: Nova Gales do Sur
• Georgian: ახალი სამხრეთი უელსი (axali samxreti uelsi)
• German: New South Wales n, (dated) Neusüdwales (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Νότια Ουαλία f (Néa Nótia Oualía)
• Hebrew: ניו סאות׳ ויילס
• Hindi: न्यू साउथ वेल्स (nyū sāuth vels)
• Hungarian: Új-Dél-Wales (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýja Suður Wales
• Indonesian: New South Wales
• Italian: Nuovo Galles del Sud (it) m
• Japanese: ニューサウスウェールズ (ja) (Nyū-Sausu-Wēruzu)
• Kazakh: Жаңа Оңтүстік Уэльс (Jaña Oñtüstık Uéls)
• Khmer: ញូវសោធវែល (ñɨwsaotvɛɛl)
• Korean: 뉴사우스웨일스 (Nyusauseuweilseu)
• Latin: Nova Cambria Australis f
• Latvian: Jaundienvidvelsa
• Lithuanian: Naujasis Pietų Velsas
• Luxembourgish: New South Wales
• Macedonian: Нов Јужен Велс m (Nov Južen Vels)
• Manx: Bretyn Yiass Noa
• Māori: Niu Haute Wēra
• Marathi: न्यू साउथ वेल्स (nyū sāuth velsa)
• Mingrelian: ახალი ობჟათე უელსი (axali obžate uelsi)
• Norman: Nouvelle Galles du Sud f
• Norwegian: New South Wales (no)
• Occitan: Nava Galas deu Sud f, Nòva Galas del Sud f, Novèla Galas del Sud f
• Persian: نیو ساوت ولز (nyu saut velz)
• Polish: Nowa Południowa Walia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nova Gales do Sul (pt) f
• Romanian: Noul Wales de Sud
• Russian: Но́вый Ю́жный Уэ́льс (ru) m (Nóvyj Júžnyj Uélʹs)
• Scots: New Sooth Wales
• Serbo-Croatian: Novi Južni Wales, Novi Južni Vels
• Sicilian: Novu Galles dû Sud m
• Sinhalese: නිව් සවුත් වේල්ස් (niw sawut wēls)
• Slovak: Nový Južný Wales m
• Slovene: Novi Južni Wales
• Spanish: Nueva Gales del Sur f
• Tamil: நியூ சவுத் வேல்ஸ் (niyū cavut vēls)
• Thai: นิวเซาท์เวลส์ (niu-sáo-weel)
• Turkish: Yeni Güney Galler
• Ukrainian: Нови́й Півде́нний Ве́льс m (Novýj Pivdénnyj Vélʹs)
• Urdu: نیا جنوبی ویلز (nayā janūbī velz)
• Vietnamese: New South Wales
• Volapük: Nula-Sulüda-Velsän (vo)
• Welsh: De Cymru Newydd