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New Caledonia

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New Caledonia
A French overseas territory in the southwest Pacific Ocean consisting of the island of New Caledonia and several smaller islands. The island of New Caledonia was sighted and named by Capt. James Cook in 1774 and annexed by France in 1853. It was a penal colony from 1864 to 1922. Nouméa is the territorial capital. Population: 222,000.
New Caledonia
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(Placename) an island in the SW Pacific, east of Australia: forms, with its dependencies, an overseas territory of France; discovered by Captain Cook in 1774; rich mineral resources. Capital: Nouméa. Pop.: 216 000 (2001 est.). Area: 19 103 sq. km (7374 miles) French name Nouvelle-Calédonie
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Noun1.New CaledoniaNew Caledonia - an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand
Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania


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Louis had been found in the hands of some savages of Louisiade and New Caledonia.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The Northwest Company, acting feebly and partially upon the suggestions of its former agent, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, had pushed one or two advanced trading posts across the Rocky Mountains, into a tract of country visited by that enterprising traveller, and since named New Caledonia.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
The great barrier of New Caledonia is thus imperfect and broken in many parts; hence, after long subsidence, this great reef would not produce one great atoll 400 miles in length, but a chain or archipelago of atolls, of very nearly the same dimension with those in the Maldiva archipelago.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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