New Caledonia
Speech parts
1. New Caledonia - Noun
2. New Caledonia - Proper noun
Meaning
an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand
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Examples
A new route was established in July 1940 by way of Canton Island and New Caledonia.
As a result, New Caledonia is now a kind of "Jurassic Park" particularly with regards to its vegetation which is highly endemic and which has kept archaic characteristics."
Contacts became more frequent after 1840, because of the interest in sandalwood from New Caledonia.
During the argument which followed, de Gaulle reminded Truman that the U.S. was using the French port of Noumea in New Caledonia as a base against the Japanese.
During World War II the island's administration was pro- Vichy until a Free French corvette from New Caledonia deposed the regime on 26 May 1942.
Economy main New Caledonia has one of the largest economies in the South Pacific, with a GDP of US$9.89 billion in 2011.