New World
nounDefinition of New World
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the New World
: the western hemisphere
especially
: the continental landmass of North and South America
It must therefore be inferred that the colonizers of the New World … numbered at least 900 individuals … — Johanna Nichols Some 30,000 Kuna Indians live in villages on the tiny coral islands just off Panama's Caribbean Coast … When Columbus landed in the New World, these Indians occupied a much larger slice of Central America. — Norman Myers