Phrase guide

New World

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American: /n(j)u wɝld/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /njuː wɜːld/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the New World.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Americas and Oceania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • In the 16th century, a "creole" was a person of European ancestry born in the New World.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: Old World

3

noun

Meaning 3

the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: western hemisphere, occident

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hemisphere

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْعَالَم الْجَدِيد (al-ʕālam al-jadīd) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Armenian: նոր աշխարհ (nor ašxarh) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Azerbaijani: Yeni Dünya — the Americas and Oceania
  • Belarusian: Но́вы Свет (Nóvy Svjet) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Belarusian: Но́вы Сьвет (Nóvy Sʹvjet) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Bengali: নয়া জাহান (noẏa jahan) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Bulgarian: Нов свят (Nov svjat) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Catalan: Nou Món — the Americas and Oceania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新大陸 /新大陆 (Xīn Dàlù) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新世界 (Xīn Shìjiè) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美洲大陸 /美洲大陆 (Měizhōu dàlù) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Czech: Nový svět — the Americas and Oceania
  • Danish: Den Nye Verden — the Americas and Oceania
  • Dutch: Nieuwe Wereld — the Americas and Oceania
  • Esperanto: Nova Mondo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Estonian: Uus Maailm — the Americas and Oceania
  • Finnish: Uusi Maailma — the Americas and Oceania
  • French: Nouveau Monde — the Americas and Oceania
  • Galician: O Novo Mundo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Georgian: ახალი სამყარო (axali samq̇aro) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Georgian: ახალი მსოფლიო (axali msoplio) — the Americas and Oceania
  • German: Neue Welt — the Americas and Oceania
  • Greek: Νέος Κόσμος (Néos Kósmos) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Hindi: नवजगत (navjagat) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Hungarian: Újvilág — the Americas and Oceania
  • Icelandic: Nýi heimurinn — the Americas and Oceania
  • Indonesian: Dunia Baru — the Americas and Oceania
  • Irish: An tOileán Úr — the Americas and Oceania
  • Italian: Nuovo Mondo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Japanese: 新世界 (Shinsekai) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Japanese: 新大陸 (Shintairiku) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Kazakh: Жаңа Дүние (Jaña Dünie) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Korean: 새로운 세계 (Saeroun segye) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Korean: 신세계 (Sinsegye) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Korean: 신대륙 (Sindaeryuk) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Kyrgyz: Жаңы Дүйнө (Jaŋı Düynö) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Latin: novus orbis — the Americas and Oceania
  • Latvian: Jaunā pasaule — the Americas and Oceania
  • Lithuanian: Naujasis pasaulis — the Americas and Oceania
  • Macedonian: Нов Свет (Nov Svet) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Malay: Dunia Baru — the Americas and Oceania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: den nye verden — the Americas and Oceania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: den nye verda — the Americas and Oceania
  • Persian: جَهَانِ جَدِید (jahān-i jadīd) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Persian: جَهَانِ نَوْ (jahān-i naw) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Iranian Persian: جَهانِ جَدید (jahân-e jadid) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Iranian Persian: جَهانِ نُوْ (jahân-e now) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Polish: Nowy Świat — the Americas and Oceania
  • Portuguese: Novo Mundo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Romanian: Lumea Nouă — the Americas and Oceania
  • Russian: Но́вый Свет (Nóvyj Svet) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Scottish Gaelic: an Domhan Ùr — the Americas and Oceania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Нови свет — the Americas and Oceania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Нови свијет — the Americas and Oceania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Novi svet — the Americas and Oceania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Novi svijet — the Americas and Oceania
  • Slovak: Nový svet — the Americas and Oceania
  • Slovene: Novi svet — the Americas and Oceania
  • Spanish: Nuevo Mundo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Swahili: Dunia Mpya — the Americas and Oceania
  • Swedish: nya världen — the Americas and Oceania
  • Tagalog: Bagong Daigdig — the Americas and Oceania
  • Tajik: Дунёи нав (Dunyo-yi nav) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Thai: โลกใหม่ (lôok-mài) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Turkish: Yeni Dünya — the Americas and Oceania
  • Ottoman Turkish: یَڭی دُنیا (Yeñi Dünyâ) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Ukrainian: Нови́й Світ (Novýj Svit) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Urdu: جَدِیدِ دُنِیا (jadīd-i duniyā) — the Americas and Oceania
  • Uzbek: Yangi dunyo — the Americas and Oceania
  • Vietnamese: thế giới mới — the Americas and Oceania
  • Vietnamese: Tân Thế giới — the Americas and Oceania
  • Welsh: Byd Newydd — the Americas and Oceania