New Zealand

(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.

• (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-/

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• Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

New Zealand

1. A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ or Aotearoa
2. The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands.
3. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.

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

• (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

• Polynesia

• → Tokelauan: Niu Hila

New Zealand (plural New Zealands)

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

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New Zealand

1. New Zealand (a country in Oceania)

• newzealandsk

New Zealand

1. New Zealand

• Ny-Zealand

New Zealand

1. New Zealand

• Ny-Zealand