Auckland

English

Etymology

After William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, after Bishop Auckland, formerly North Auckland in the UK, the site of Auckland castle, from Ackland, possibly from Old Norse alca (“auk”) or from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land.

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Proper noun

Auckland

1. The largest conurbation in New Zealand.

Translations

the largest conurbation in New Zealand

• Arabic: أُوكْلَانْد‏‎ m (ʾokland)
• Armenian: Օկլենդ (Ōklend)
• Belarusian: О́кленд m (Ókljend)
• Bulgarian: Оукланд m (Oukland)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧克蘭 (zh), 奥克兰 (zh) (Àokèlán)

• Dutch: Auckland (nl)
• Georgian: ოკლენდი (oḳlendi)
• German: Auckland (de)
• Greek: Ώκλαντ (Óklant)
• Hebrew: אוקלנד‏‎
• Hindi: आकलैंड (āklaiṇḍ)
• Japanese: オークランド (Ōkurando)

• Korean: 오클랜드 (Okeullaendeu)
• Macedonian: Окленд m (Oklend)
• Maori: Tāmaki Makau Rau, Ākarana
• Persian: آوکلند‏‎
• Portuguese: Auckland f
• Russian: О́кленд m (Óklend)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Окланд m

  Roman: Auckland (sh)

• Spanish: Auckland (es)
• Swedish: Auckland (sv)
• Tongan: ʻAokalani
• Ukrainian: О́кленд m (Óklend)

Descendants

• Translingual: Aucklandia

See also

• Bishop Auckland

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Auckland.

Proper noun

Auckland f

1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Auckland ?

1. Auckland (the largest conurbation in New Zealand)