New Zealand
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”) (nieuw calqued as new), after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
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/, /ˌnjʉː -/, (uncommon) /- ˈziː-/
Audio (AU) (file) Audio (NZ) (file) 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
- (from Maori) Aotearoa; (from calque of Maori) Land of the Long White Cloud
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Dominion of New Zealand (dated, formal)
- Enzed
- Godzone (New Zealand, informal)
- Kiwiland
- Nu Zillund (humorous)
- Maoriland
- NZ (abbreviation)
- Zealandia
Holonyms
Derived terms
- Enzedder
- New Zealander
- New Zealand English
- New Zealand flax
- Zealandian
- New Zealandic
- New Zealandress
- New Zealand tea tree
- Zealandia
- Zeelandia
- Zealandica
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: Niu Hila
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
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Further reading
New Zealand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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