New England

noun

1. an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England

noun

1. 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
2. a region in SE Australia, in the northern tablelands of New South Wales

New England

1. Region in the northeastern United States that includes Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont .

Notes

The region is thought to have been named by Captain John Smith for its resemblance to the English coast.

Other Words From

• New England·er noun
• New England·ish adjective

Example Sentences

The schedule change gives the Chargers their only Thursday night game of the season, providing the team a 10-day prep week entering a Week 17 road game at New England.

From Los Angeles Times

The Rams’ victory over the New England Patriots last Sunday put them back at .500 and kept alive their playoff chances.

From Los Angeles Times

In a perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Peterson lays out the rationale behind this paradigm shift.

From Science Daily

Trump sharply reduced the boundaries of two monuments in Utah — Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase — and stripped protections from a marine monument off the coast of New England to allow commercial fishing.

From Los Angeles Times

The tandem accounted for three touchdowns in Sunday’s 28-22 victory at New England, reliably reeling in the pinpoint passes of Matthew Stafford.

From Los Angeles Times