New Brunswick
geographical name
New Bruns·wick
-ˈbrənz-(ˌ)wik
1
or French Nouveau-Brunswick
province of southeastern Canada bordering on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy and on the U.S. state of Maine; capital Fredericton area 27,559 square miles (71,377 square kilometers), population 751,171
Note: New Brunswick is the only province of Canada in which both English and French are official languages.
2
city on the Raritan River in north central New Jersey population 55,181
Note: The main campus of Rutgers University (the state university of New Jersey) is located in New Brunswick.
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