New Zealand
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
- Hyphenation: New Zea‧land
Proper noun
- A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ or Aotearoa
- The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands.
- The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
Usage notes
- The word is also used in the attributive form, e.g. the New Zealand government.
Synonyms
- Maoriland
- Land of the Long White Cloud - (Maori name translated into English)
- Aotearoa
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Kiwiland
- NZ (abbreviation)
- Enzed
Holonyms
Derived terms
Translations
country in Oceania
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attributive form - relating to New Zealand
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Noun
New Zealand (plural New Zealands)
- A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
See also
Further reading
- New Zealand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Proper noun
- New Zealand (a country in Oceania)
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Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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