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(Encyclopedia) New London, city (1990 pop. 24,540), New London co., SE Conn., on the Thames River near its mouth on Long Island Sound; laid out 1646 by John Winthrop, inc. 1784. It is a deepwater port of entry, with...

(Encyclopedia) New Castle. 1 City (1990 pop. 4,837), New Castle co., N Del., on the Delaware River. Mineral, metal, food, paper, and gypsum products are among its varied manufactures. It is also a major book distrib...

(Encyclopedia) new objectivity (Ger. Neue Sachlichkeit), German art movement of the 1920s. The chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix, who were sometimes called verists. They created styles of...

(Encyclopedia) New Britain, volcanic island (1990 pop. 315,649), c.14,600 sq mi (37,810 sq km), SW Pacific, largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea, in which it forms two provinces (E...

(Encyclopedia) New France: see Canada.

(Encyclopedia) New Archangel, Alaska: see Sitka.

(Encyclopedia) New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

(Encyclopedia) New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.

(Encyclopedia) New Lanark, Scotland: see Lanark.

(Encyclopedia) New Sarum, England: see Salisbury. ...