English Explanatory Dictionary

Godzone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. New Zealand.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɒdzəʊn/ /ˈɡɑdˌzoʊn/ En-us-Godzone.oga /ˈɡɒdzʌʉn/

Word forms

Godzone

Etymology

Contraction of God’s own country, modelled after zone (“area or region of the world”). The word was possibly modified from the title of the poem “God’s Own Country” (1890) by the New Zealand poet and politician Thomas Bracken (1843–1898).

Related words

God's own country God's own county
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