New Guinea

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
new/njuː/
adjective
  • 1 made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.

    ■ not previously used or owned.

    ■ (of vegetables) harvested early in the season.

  • 2 seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time: her new bike.

    ■ (new to) unfamiliar or strange to.

    ■ (new to/at) inexperienced at or unaccustomed to.

    ■ (in place names) discovered or founded later than and named after.

  • 3 reinvigorated, restored, or reformed.

    ■ superseding and more advanced than others of the same kind: the new architecture.

adverb newly.
– derivatives
newish adjective,
newness noun.
– origin OE nīwe, nēowe, of Gmc origin.
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