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New World
North America, Central America, and South America; the Americas. The term was first used by the Italian historian Peter Martyr (1457-1526), whose De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe (1516) chronicled the discovery of America.
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New World
n
(Placename) the New World the Americas; the western hemisphere
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West′ern Hem′isphere
n.
1. the part of the globe west of the Atlantic, including North and South America, their islands, and the surrounding waters.
2. that half of the earth traversed in passing westward from the prime meridian to 180° longitude.
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| Noun | 1. |  New World - the hemisphere that includes North America and South Americahemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama |
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Nouveau Monde
New World
n the New World → il Nuovo MondoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995