NEW WORLD
Dictionary entry overview: What does New World mean?
• NEW WORLD (noun)
The noun NEW WORLD has 1 sense:
1. the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Familiarity information: NEW WORLD used as a noun is very rare.
• NEW WORLD (adjective)
The adjective NEW WORLD has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the New World
Familiarity information: NEW WORLD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEW WORLD (noun)
Meaning:
The hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
New World; western hemisphere; occident
Instance hypernyms:
hemisphere (half of the terrestrial globe)
Meronyms (parts of "New World"):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
• NEW WORLD (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the New World
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
New World monkeys
Pertainym:
New World (the hemisphere that includes North America and South America)
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