New France

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of former French colonies in North America, existing from 1534 to 1763 in much of modern eastern Canada and the United States.

Word forms

New France

Etymology

From new + France. Calque of French Nouvelle-France. From Middle French Nouvelle France.

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