the NE part of the US, consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut: settled originally chiefly by Puritans in the mid-17th century a region in SE Australia, in the northern tablelands of New South Wales
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New′ Eng′land,
- Place Namesan area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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'New England' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Boston marriage
- Boston states
- Brahmin
- Brewster chair
- Carver chair
- Connecticut
- Ericson
- Frost
- General American
- General Court
- Great Awakening
- King Philip's War
- Marquand
- NE
- New England Range
- New Englander
- Philip
- Pilgrim Fathers
- Plymouth
- Smith
- Standish
- Winthrop
- Yankee
- ambystomid
- as
- aunt
- backset
- barge
- barrelfish
- biddy
- boiled dinner
- broom
- bundle
- catch
- chamber
- chamber mug
- cobble
- cock
- common
- cottage cheese
- dovecote
- down East
- down-easter
- earthworm
- east
- egg
- election cake
- folklife
- funnel
- fusspot