New Caledonia
/ˈnjuː ˌkæl.ɪˈdəʊ.ni.ə//ˈnu ˌkæl.ɪˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
词源说明
Calque of French Nouvelle-Calédonie.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies.
- 2historicalA district of the west coast of British North America traded by the Hudson's Bay Company, which became the colony of British Columbia in 1858.
- 3historicalA short-lived (1698–1700) Scottish colony in Panama, around Darien (which was renamed New Edinburgh as its capital).