新西蘭

See also: 新西兰

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) Zealand
trad. (新西蘭) 西蘭
simp. (新西兰) 西兰

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Proper noun

新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng) + 西藏 (Xīzàng) + 蘭州兰州 (Lánzhōu). Pun on Etymology 1.

Proper noun

新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西
にゅー
Grade: 2
じー
Grade: 2
らんど
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Zealand. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 新西蘭新西兰 (Xīnxīlán).

Proper noun

新西蘭(ニュージーランド) • (Nyū Jīrando) 

  1. Obsolete spelling of ニュージーランド

Korean

Hanja in this term
西

Proper noun

新西蘭 • (Sinseoran) (hangeul 신서란)

  1. (obsolete) Hanja form? of 신서란 (New Zealand).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Proper noun

新西蘭

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Tây Lan (New Zealand).
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