新西蘭

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See also: 新西兰

Chinese

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new; newly; meso- (chem.) Zealand
trad. (新西蘭) 西蘭
simp. (新西兰) 西兰
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Proper noun

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新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng) + 西藏 (Xīzàng) + 蘭州兰州 (Lánzhōu). Pun on Etymology 1.

Proper noun

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新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
西
にゅー
Grade: 2
じー
Grade: 2
らんど
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

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Borrowed from English New Zealand. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 新西蘭新西兰 (Xīnxīlán).

Proper noun

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新西蘭(ニュージーランド) (Nyū Jīrando

  1. Obsolete spelling of ニュージーランド.

Korean

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Hanja in this term
西

Proper noun

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新西蘭 (Sinseoran) (hangeul 신서란)

  1. (obsolete) Hanja form? of 신서란 (New Zealand).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Proper noun

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新西蘭

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Tây Lan (New Zealand).