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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "New England"):
Rustbelt (urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles))
Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Ct.; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)
Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony; Granite State; N.H.; New Hampshire; NH (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)
Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)
Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt. (a state in New England)
Meronyms (members of "New England"):
New Englander; Yankee (an American who lives in New England)
Domain member region:
anadama bread (a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses)
johnny cake; johnnycake; journey cake (cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England))
hasty pudding (cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar))
Holonyms ("New England" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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