New Zealand

English

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (new Zeeland), (nieuw calqued as new), Zeeland calqued as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Sêelant, equivalent to zee (sea) +‎ land (land).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyoo͞-zē'lənd, IPA(key): /nju ˈziː.lənd/, /ˌnjuː -/
  • (General American) enPR: noo͞-zē'lənd, IPA(key): /nu ˈzi.lənd/, /ˌnu -/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/, (uncommon/foreign) /- ˈziː-/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd], [-ˈzeə-]
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  • Rhymes: -iːlənd
  • Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

Proper noun

New Zealand

  1. A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
    • 2023 July 8, “Pylon of the Month - July 2023”, in Pylon of the Month[1]:
      After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
  2. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
  3. A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
  4. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).

Usage notes

  • The word is also used in the attributive form, e.g. the New Zealand government.

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Noun

New Zealand (plural New Zealands)

  1. A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.

See also

  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

New Zealand

  1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

New Zealand

  1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

New Zealand

  1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)

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