New England
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- A geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- Other places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Dade County, Georgia.
- A minor city in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
- A place in England:
- A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1801).
- A hamlet in Birdbrook parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7042).
- A settlement in Croft parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, next to Wainfleet All Saints (OS grid ref TF5059).
- A hamlet in Combe St Nicholas parish, Somerset, near the town of Chard (OS grid ref ST3210).
- A loosely defined region in the north of New South Wales, Australia.
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The name of the American region was coined by English explorer John Smith in 1616.
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