Auckland

English

Etymology

After William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, after Bishop Auckland, formerly North Auckland in the UK, the site of Auckland Castle, from Ackland, possibly from Old Norse alka (auk) or from Middle English ak (oak) + land; similar, if not the same, to Oakland. In view of an earlier form, Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of a Cumbric [Term?] form, equivalent to Proto-Brythonic *alo- (rock) + Proto-Brythonic * clọ:, a river name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːklənd/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑːklənd/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Auckland

  1. A city in New Zealand's North Island, the largest conurbation in the country.
  2. A region of New Zealand which includes the city, situated between the Northland region to the north and the Waikato region to the south.

Descendants

  • Translingual: Aucklandia

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Auckland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.klɑ̃d/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Auckland m

  1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Auckland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔk.lant/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔklant
  • Syllabification: Auck‧land

Proper noun

Auckland m inan

  1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Auckland.

Proper noun

Auckland

  1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Spanish

Proper noun

Auckland ?

  1. Auckland (the largest conurbation in New Zealand)
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