Svensk definition
Ögrupp öster om Australien, bestående av huvudön Nya Kaledonien, ögruppen Iles Loyaute och ett antal mindre öar. Ytan är 18 575 km2, och folkmängden uppgår till ca 230 000 invånare (2010). Huvudstad är Noumea.
New Caledonia
Nya Kaledonien
Engelsk definition
A group of islands in Melanesia constituting a French overseas territory. The group includes New Caledonia (the main island), Ile des Pins, Loyalty Island, and several other islet groups. The capital is Noumea. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1774 and visited by various navigators, explorers, and traders from 1792 to 1840. Occupied by the French in 1853, it was set up as a penal colony 1864-94. In 1946 it was made a French overseas territory. It was named by Captain Cook with the 5th and 6th century A.D. Latin name for Scotland, Caledonia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p830 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p375)
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