New England

Japanese: ニューイングランド（英語表記）New England

A collective name for the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut in the northeastern United States. In 1614, several merchants from London arrived in New England, and the captain of the ship, John Smith, named it "New England." Later, the Pilgrim Fathers, a group of Puritans, landed on Cape Cod, which led to the immigration of British, French, Germans, and others. In 1936, the schools that were the predecessors of Harvard and Yale universities were established here, making it the most culturally advanced region in the United States, and in the 18th century, it was a hotbed of the American independence movement. The entire region is bordered by the Green Mountains and the Berkshire Hills to the west, and slopes gently eastward toward the Atlantic coast, with many glacial valleys and lakes. The climate is generally cool, with an average minimum monthly temperature of -11.9°C (January) and a maximum of 23.2°C (July). Agriculture developed in the suburbs due to the proximity to large markets such as New York and Boston. The rugged coastline, with the world-famous fishing grounds of Newfoundland in front of it, promoted the development of the fishing ports of Boston and Portsmouth. From the mid-17th century, salt and iron manufacturing industries flourished, followed by shoemaking, textiles, pipes, shipbuilding and other industries, and in the 1980s it became a major center of the electronics industry. Due to a lack of resources, labor-intensive industries prevail. The main city is Boston. Area: 163,700 ^km2 . Population: 17,988,411 (1990).

New England
New England

The name of a rich agricultural region in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It produces sheep, beef cattle, corn, vegetables, etc. The main cities are Armidale and Glen Innes (population 6,138 (1991 estimate)).

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Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国北東部，メーン，ニューハンプシャー，バーモント，マサチューセッツ，ロードアイランド，コネティカット6州の総称。 1614年ロンドンの商人数人が渡来，そのときの船長ジョン・スミスが「ニューイングランド」と名づけた。その後コッド岬に，ピルグリム・ファーザーズと呼ばれる清教徒たちが上陸したのを契機にイギリス人，フランス人，ドイツ人などが移住した。 36年に，ハーバード，エール両大学の前身の学校が設立されたほど，合衆国で最も文化の高い地域で，18世紀には，アメリカ独立運動の温床となった地域である。全域は西方にグリーン山脈，バークシャー丘陵があり，東方にゆるやかに傾斜して大西洋岸にのぞみ，氷食谷や湖沼が多い。気候は，一般に冷涼で，最低月平均気温が－11.9℃ (1月) ，最高は 23.2℃ (7月) 。ニューヨーク，ボストンなどの大市場を控えて近郊農業が発達。起伏に富む海岸線は，前面にニューファンドランドの世界的大漁場を控えて，ボストン，ポーツマスの漁港の発展を促進。 17世紀中頃から製塩，製鉄工業が興り，次いで，製靴，織物，パイプ，造船などの工業が盛んになり，1980年代にはエレクトロニクス産業の一大中心地となった。資源不足のため労働集約的工業が主。中心都市はボストン。面積 16万 3700km²。人口 1798万 8411 (1990) 。