New France

English

Etymology

Proper noun

(historical) France's former possessions and colonies in North America, including Quebec, Acadia, and Louisiana, before 1763.

References

“New France” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.

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