New England

(-ing gland.) (Geog.) A name under which is known all that N.E. portion of the American Union embraced by the States of Maine, Ma ., Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut; bet. N. Lat. 41°-48°, W. Lon. 670-740. Coast-line, abt. 700 m. in extent. This region, called N.E. by Capt. John Smith, in 1614, had previously borne the name of North Virginia, conferred upon it by its original grantees, the Plymouth Company, in 1606. [s. 640]