New Zealand

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), nieuw calqued as new, Zeeland borrowed 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-]
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /ˌnju.ziˌlaɳɖ/
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  • Rhymes: -iːlənd
  • Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

Proper noun

New Zealand

  2. A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
    • 2019 September 26, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Wanted: A design team for a building project at Earth’s most remote location – Antarctica”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The government of New Zealand is looking for a crew to lead the redevelopment of its research headquarters in Antarctica.
      Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar.
    • 2023 July 8, “Pylon of the Month - July 2023”, in Pylon of the Month‎[2]:
      After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
  3. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
  4. A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
  5. 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.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

attributive form - relating to New Zealand

Noun

New Zealand (plural New Zealands)

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

See also

countries in Oceania (appendix)edit
  • 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)

Synonyms

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