English Explanatory Dictionary

Auckland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the 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.
  3. A territorial authority and unitary authority for the Auckland Region of New Zealand; in full, Auckland Council.

Pronunciation

/ˈoːklənd/ LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pohewatanga-Auckland.wav /ˈɔːklənd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-Auckland.wav /ˈɔklənd/ En-NYC Auckland.ogg /ˈɑklənd/

Word forms

Auckland

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:tā, a river name.

Related words

Bishop Auckland West Auckland

Derived words

Auckland Island Auckland Islands

Translations

Amharic: ኦክለንድ Arabic: أُوكْلَانْد Armenian: Օկլենդ Belarusian: О́кленд Bulgarian: Оукланд Chinese Mandarin: 奧克蘭 /奥克兰 Dutch: Auckland Finnish: Auckland French: Auckland Georgian: ოკლენდი German: Auckland Greek: Όκλαντ Greek: Ώκλαντ Hebrew: אוקלנד Hindi: ऑकलैंड Japanese: オークランド Khmer: អូកឡិន Korean: 오클랜드 Latin: Aucopolis Latin: Querquetula Macedonian: Окленд Māori: Tāmaki Makaurau Māori: Ākarana Marathi: ऑकलँड Persian: آوکلند Polish: Auckland Portuguese: Auckland Russian: О́кленд Serbo-Croatian: Окланд Serbo-Croatian: Auckland Spanish: Auckland Swedish: Auckland Tokelauan: Aukilani Tongan: ʻAokalani Ukrainian: О́кленд Vietnamese: Áo Khắc Lan
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