Which country does "New" refer to?

Given a country/region preceded by "new", answer with the country that contains the original. Example: New England --> United Kingdom
Countries can be used more than once
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Last updated: August 20, 2019
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First submittedAugust 17, 2019
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Country/Region
Answer
New York
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Netherlands
New Jersey
United Kingdom
Papua New Guinea
Guinea
New Caledonia
United Kingdom
Nuevo Leon
Spain
Nova Zemlya
Russia
New Brunswick
Germany
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Level 84
Aug 18, 2019
New Zealand is named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, not the Danish island of Zealand, so I think the answer should be The Netherlands and not Denmark... unless I've misunderstood the quiz!
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Level 37
Aug 18, 2019
^ +1.
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Level 65
Aug 18, 2019
I acutally did have the Netherlands at first, then did some research and saw the more prominent piece of land with that name was in Denmark. My bad, will be changed.
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Level 78
Aug 18, 2019
New Brunswick was actually named after Brunswick-Lüneburg in what is now Germany. albeit by a roundabout way in that George III of England was at the time Prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Level 65
Aug 19, 2019
Just did the research, you are right. I am surprised the english would name it after a region in germany.
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Level 77
Aug 19, 2019
He is right, but you have not changed the quiz yet. I tried Germany and it didn't work.
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Level 65
Aug 19, 2019
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