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/, (uncommon/foreign) /- ˈziː-/
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd], [-ˈzeə-]

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• Rhymes: -iːlənd
• Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

New Zealand

1. A country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
2. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
3. A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
4. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).

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

• 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.

• Appendix:Countries of the world

• New Zealand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• New Zealand (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

New Zealand

1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

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New Zealand

1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

• Ny-Zealand

New Zealand

1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

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