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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The Western Hemisphere. 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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- proper noun The continents
North America andSouth America combined
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- noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
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Examples
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The discovery of all the lands which make what we call the New World came very slowly.
Introductory American History Elbert Jay Benton
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We were just strutting about in what you called the New World, pretty much minding our own business.
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And even in her own region, North, Central and South America, which she calls the New World, America is facing growing challenges to her dominance.
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4895I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. The Kings Message, Dec. 12, 1826.
Quotations 1919
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6I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. The Kings Message, Dec. 12, 1826.
Quotations 1919
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The first English child born in the so-called New World.
Sabotaged Margaret Peterson Haddix 2010
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When she had lived at the Palace of the Prophets, the New World was a far-off and mysterious place, rarely visited by anyone but a few Sisters.
Men Don't Leave Me 2010
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The New World is a masterpiece also, IMO--it's just not Days of Heaven, that's all. ejs i really enjoyed New World. personally, its one of my favorite Malick films.
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life to Get Cannes Premiere? | /Film 2010
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The New World is a visual and spiritual symphony - tied to some extent with There Will Be Blood for outstandingly realistic new portrayal of American History also anti-traditional portrayal
FirstShowing's Writers Choose the Best Movies of the Decade « FirstShowing.net 2010
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The New World is a another planet that was settled years ago by people who wanted a simpler way of life.
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Is it as Good as the Hype?? Stephanie 2009
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