New France

English

Etymology

new +‎ France. Calque of French Nouvelle France.

Proper noun

(historical) France's former possessions and colonies in North America, including Canada (now Quebec and Ontario and Ohio plains), Acadia (now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), and Louisiana (now the Mississippi plains), before 1763.

Translations

France's former possessions and colonies in North America

French: Nouvelle France / Nouvelle-France (fr)

References

“New France” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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