New Zealander

See also: newzealander

English

Etymology

From New Zealand + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnjuː ˈziːləndə(ɹ)/

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Noun

New Zealander (plural New Zealanders)

1. A person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent.
   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 123:

     There was a directional driller who I regularly ran into, a New Zealander by the name of Maurice.

   • 2016, Peter Mares, Not Quite Australian: How Temporary Migration Is Changing the Nation, →ISBN:

     The rate of arrivals fluctuates with the relative economic fortunes of each country, but since the late 1960s, faster growth, higher wages, greater job opportunities and a stronger dollar have been an economic magnet drawing New Zealanders across the ditch.

Synonyms

• Maorilander
• Aotearoan
• flax-stick
• Kiwi (slang)
• (offensive, ethnic slur) sheepshagger
• NZer
• Pig Islander (slang)

Hyponyms

• New Zealandress

Related terms

• New Zealand

Translations

a person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent

• Afrikaans: Nieu-Seelander
• Arabic: نْيُوزِيلَنْدِيّ m (nyūzīlandiyy), نْيُوزِيلَنْدِيَّة f (nyūzīlandiyya)
• Armenian: նորզելանդացի (norzelandacʻi)
• Asturian: neozelandés (ast) m, neozelandesa (ast) f
• Belarusian: новазела́ндзец m (novazjelándzjec), новазела́ндка f (novazjelándka), новазэля́ндзец m (novazeljándzjec), новазэля́ндка f (novazeljándka) (Taraškievica)
• Breton: Zelandneveziad (br) m, Zelandneveziadez (br) f
• Bulgarian: новозела́ндец m (novozelándec), новозела́ндка f (novozelándka)
• Catalan: neozelandès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新西蘭人 / 新西兰人 (Xīnxīlánrén), 紐西蘭人 / 纽西兰人 (Niǔxīlánren) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Novozélanďan (cs) m, Novozélanďanka (cs) f
• Danish: newzealænder (da) c
• Dutch: Nieuw-Zeelander (nl) m, Nieuw-Zeelandse (nl) f
• Faroese: nýsælendingur m
• Finnish: uusiseelantilainen (fi)
• French: Néo-Zélandais (fr) m, Néo-Zélandaise (fr) f
• Galician: neozelandés (gl) m
• Georgian: ახალზელანდიელი (axalzelandieli)
• German: Neuseeländer (de) m, Neuseeländerin (de) f
• Greek: Νεοζηλανδός (el) m (Neozilandós), Νεοζηλανδή (el) f (Neozilandí), Νεοζηλανδέζα (el) f (Neozilandéza)
• Hungarian: új-zélandi (hu)
• Icelandic: Nýsjálendingur m
• Italian: neozelandese (it)
• Japanese: ニュージーランド人 (ja) (nyūjīrandojin)
• Korean: 뉴질랜드인 (nyujillaendeu'in), 뉴질랜드 사람 (nyujillaendeu saram)
• Macedonian: Новозеланѓанец m (Novozelanǵanec), Новозеланѓанка f (Novozelanǵanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: newzealender m, newzealending m, nyzealender m, nyzealending m

  Nynorsk: newzealendar m, newzealending m, nyzealendar m, nyzealending m

• Persian: نیوزیلندی (niyuzilandi)
• Polish: Nowozelandczyk (pl) m pers, Nowozelandka (pl) f
• Portuguese: neozelandês (pt) m, neozelandesa (pt) f
• Romanian: neozeelandez (ro) m, neozeelandeză (ro) f
• Russian: новозела́ндец (ru) m (novozelándec), новозела́ндка (ru) f (novozelándka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Новозела́нђанин m, Новозела́нђа̄нка f

  Latin: Novozelánđanin (sh) m, Novozelánđānka f

• Slovak: Novozélanďan m, Novozélanďanka f
• Slovene: Novozelandec m, Novozelandka f
• Spanish: neocelandés m, neozelandés (es) m, neozelandesa (es) f
• Swedish: nyzeeländare (sv) c, nyzeeländska (sv) f
• Turkish: Yeni Zelandalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: новозела́ндець (uk) m (novozelándecʹ), новозела́ндка f (novozelándka)
• Uzbek: yangizelandiyali

See also

• Aotearoan
• Maori
• pakeha