new hebrides

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   a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980

   SynonymsVanuatuRepublic of Vanuatu

   Broadercountry

   Part ofMelanesia

   PartsPort Vila

Questions about new hebrides

What does new hebrides mean?

new hebrides means "a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980".

What is another word for new hebrides?

Close synonyms include Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new hebrides a common word?

new hebrides is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.