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NEW LONDON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New London mean?
• NEW LONDON (noun)
The noun NEW LONDON has 1 sense:
1. a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
Familiarity information: NEW LONDON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("New London" is a part of...):
Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Ct.; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Context examples
They was stopping in a chaise at the door of the New London Inn, as I went there with a message from Sally at the Park to her brother, who is one of the post-boys.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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