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New World

 noun
     
New World

the New World

SG
a) North, Central, and South America [↪ Old World]:
Christopher Columbus's voyage of discovery to the New World
b) wines from the New World are from non-European countries such as South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States
—New World adjective
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