English Explanatory Dictionary

New Zealand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country and archipelago of 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).
noun
  1. A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.

Pronunciation

nyoo͞-zē'lənd /nju ˈziː.lənd/ /ˌnjuː -/ noo͞-zē'lənd /nu ˈzi.lənd/ /ˌnu -/ /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/ /- ˈziː-/ [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd] [-ˈzeə-] /ˌnju.ziˌlaɳɖ/ En-au-New Zealand.ogg GT New Zealand.ogg en-us-New Zealand.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-New Zealand.wav

Word forms

New Zealand New Zealands

Etymology

Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), nieuw calqued as new, Zeeland borrowed as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Sêelant, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).

Synonyms

Aotearoa Aotearoa New Zealand Dominion of New Zealand Enzed Godzone Kiwiland Land of the Long White Cloud Maoriland Nu Zillund NZ Zealandia

Derived words

Enzedder New Zealand begonia New Zealand bellbird New Zealand cotton New Zealand Daylight Time New Zealand English New Zealander New Zealandese New Zealand flax New Zealand fur seal New Zealand goose New Zealand hazel New Zealandish New Zealandic New Zealandism New Zealandize New Zealand Mean Time New Zealandress New Zealand studies New Zealand tea tree Zealandia Zealandian Zealandica
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