New Zealand

New Zealand

English

Etymology

(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.

Pronunciation

• (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/, /ˌnjʉː -/, (uncommon) /- ˈziː-/

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• Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ or Aotearoa
2. The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands.
3. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (from Maori) Aotearoa; (from calque of Maori) Land of the Long White Cloud
• Aotearoa New Zealand
• Dominion of New Zealand (dated, formal)
• Enzed
• Godzone (New Zealand, informal)
• Kiwiland
• Nu Zillund (humorous)
• Maoriland
• NZ (abbreviation)
• Zealandia

Holonyms

• Polynesia

Derived terms

• Enzedder
• New Zealander
• New Zealand English
• New Zealand flax
• Zealandian
• New Zealandic
• New Zealandress
• New Zealand tea tree
• Zealandia
• Zeelandia
• Zealandica

Descendants

• → Tokelauan: Niu Hila

Translations

country in Oceania

Abkhaz: Зеландиа ҿыц (Zelandja ĉʼəc) Afrikaans: Nieu-Seeland Albanian: Zelanda e Re f Amharic: ኒው ዚላንድ (niw ziland) Aneityum: Niusilan, Nosilan Arabic: نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا‎ f (niyūzīlandā), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا‎ f (niyūzīlandā), نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة‎ f (niyūzīlanda), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة‎ f (niyūzīlanda) Hijazi Arabic: نيوزيلندا‎ f (nyūzīlanda) Armenian: Նոր Զելանդիա (Nor Zelandia) Assamese: নিউজিলেণ্ড (niuzilendo) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܝܼܠܵܢܕܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ‎ f (zīlanda ḳadta) Asturian: Nueva Zelanda (ast) f Azerbaijani: Yeni Zelandiya (az) Bashkir: Яңы Зеландия (Yaŋı Zelandiya) Belarusian: Но́вая Зела́ндыя f (Nóvaja Zjelándyja), Но́вая Зэля́ндыя f (Nóvaja Zeljándyja) (Taraškevica orthography) Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (bn) (niujilẏanḍô) Bislama: Niu Zilan Breton: Zeland-Nevez (br) Bulgarian: Но́ва Зела́ндия f (Nóva Zelándija) Burmese: နယူးဇီလန် (na.yu:jilan) Catalan: Nova Zelanda (ca) Chechen: Керла Зеланди (Kerla Zelandi) Chinese: Cantonese: 紐西蘭, 紐西蘭 (nau5 sai1 laan4, nau2 sai1 laan4), 新西蘭, 新西兰 (san1 sai1 laan4) Hakka: 紐西蘭, 纽西兰 (Néu Sî-làn) (Sixian, PFS) Mandarin: 新西蘭／新西兰 (zh) (Xīn Xīlán), (Taiwan) 紐西蘭／纽西兰 (zh) (Niǔ Xīlán) Min Dong: 新西蘭, 新西兰 (Sĭng-să̤-làng) Min Nan: 紐西蘭, 纽西兰 (Liú-se-lân) Wu: 新西蘭, 新西兰 (xin xi le) Chuvash: Ҫӗнӗ Зеланди (Śĕnĕ Zelandi) Cornish: Mordir Nowyth m Czech: Nový Zéland (cs) m Danish: New Zealand (da) n Dhivehi: ނިއުޒިލޭންޑު‎ (niuzilēn̊ḍu) Dutch: Nieuw-Zeeland (nl) n Dzongkha: ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེནཌ་ (ni'u dzi lenḍ) Esperanto: Nov-Zelando (eo) Estonian: Uus-Meremaa (et) Faroese: Nýsæland n Fiji Hindi: New Zealand Finnish: Uusi-Seelanti (fi) French: Nouvelle-Zélande (fr) f Galician: Nova Zelandia (gl) f Georgian: ახალი ზელანდია (axali zelandia) German: Neuseeland (de) n Greek: Νέα Ζηλανδία (el) f (Néa Zilandía) Gujarati: ન્યુઝીલેન્ડ (nyujhīlenḍ) Hawaiian: Aokealoa, Aotearoa, Nukilani Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְד‎ f (nyú zíland) Hindi: न्यू ज़ीलंड m (nyū zīlaṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैंड m (nyūzīlaiṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैण् m (nyūzīlaiṇ) Hungarian: Új-Zéland (hu) Icelandic: Nýja-Sjáland (is) n Ido: Nova-Zelando (io) Indonesian: Selandia Baru (id) Interlingua: Nove Zelanda Irish: An Nua-Shéalainn f Italian: Nuova Zelanda (it) f Japanese: ニュージーランド (ja) (Nyūjīrando), ニュー・ジーランド (Nyū-Jīrando) Kalenjin: Nyuziland Kalmyk: Шинзеленд (Shinzelend) Kamba: Nyuziland Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) (nyū jīlyāṇḍ) Kashubian: Nowô Zelandzkô n Kazakh: Жаңа Зеландия (Jaña Zelandiä) Khakas: Наа Зеландия (Naa Zelandiya) Khmer: នូវែលហ្សេឡង់ (Nuvêl Hséláng) Kikuyu: Nyuziland Korean: 뉴질랜드 (ko) (Nyujillaendeu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Nû Zelenda (ku), Zelendaya Nû (ku), Zelendaya Teze, Nîwzelanda (ku) Kyrgyz: Жаңы Зеландия (ky) (Jaŋı Zelandiya) Lao: ນິວ​ຊີ​ແລນ (niu sī lǣn), ນິວຊີແລນດ໌ (niu sī lǣn da) Latin: Nova Seelandia f, Nova Zelandia f Latvian: Jaunzēlande f Lithuanian: Naujoji Zelandija (lt) f Low German: German Low German: Niegseeland n Luhya: Niuziland Luo: Niuziland Luxembourgish: Neiséiland Macedonian: Нов Зеланд (mk) m (Nov Zeland) Malay: New Zealand Malayalam: ന്യൂസീലൻഡ് (nyūsīlaṉḍŭ), ന്യൂസിലാൻറ് (nyūsilāṉṟŭ), ന്യൂസിലാന്ഡ് (nyūsilānḍŭ) Maltese: New Zealand (mt) Manx: Noa Heelan f, Yn Teelan Noa f Maori: Aotearoa (mi), Niu Tireni Marathi: न्यू झीलँड (nyū jhīlĕṇḍa) Meru: Nyuziland, Nyuziland Mongolian: Cyrillic: Шинэ Зеланд (Šine Zeland) Nahuatl: Yancuīc Zetlālpan Navajo: Łeesdísí Bikéyah Nepali: न्युजिल्यान्ड (nyujilyānḍa) Norfuk: Nyuu Ziilan Norman: Nouvelle Zélande f Northern Ndebele: Nyuzilandi Norwegian: Bokmål: New Zealand (no) n, Ny-Zealand n Nynorsk: New Zealand (nn) n, Ny-Zealand n Occitan: Nòva Zelanda (oc) f Oriya: ନିଉଜିଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (niujilyaṇḍô) Ossetian: Ног Зеланди (Nog Zelandi) Paiwan: Autearua Pashto: نيوزيلنډ‎ (ps) m, نویزېلنډ‎ m (nəwayzelanḍ) Persian: نیوزیلند‎ (fa) (niyuziland), زلاند نو‎ (fa) (zelând-e now), زلاند جدید‎ (zelând-e jadid) Polish: Nowa Zelandia (pl) f Portuguese: Nova Zelândia (pt) f Punjabi: ਨਿਊਜੀਲੈਂਡ (niūjīlaiṇḍ) Rarotongan: Nū Tireni Romanian: Noua Zeelandă (ro) f Russian: Но́вая Зела́ндия (ru) f (Nóvaja Zelándija) Rusyn: Новый Зеланд m (Novŷj Zeland) Scottish Gaelic: Sealainn Nuadh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Но̏вӣ Зѐланд m Roman: Nȍvī Zèland m Shor: Наа Зеландия Silesian: Nowŏ Zelandyjŏ f Sinhalese: නවසීලන්‍තය (nawasīlantaya) Slovak: Nový Zéland m Slovene: Nôva Zelándija (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Nowoseelandska f Upper Sorbian: Nowoseelandska f Spanish: Nueva Zelanda (es) f, Nueva Zelandia (es) f Swahili: Nyuzilandi (sw) Swedish: Nya Zeeland (sv) n Tagalog: Bagong Selanda (tl) Tahitian: Aotearoa Tajik: Зеландияи Нав (Zelandiyayi Nav) Tamil: நியூசிலாந்து (ta) (niyūcilāntu), நியூஜிலாந்து (niyūjilāntu) Tatar: Яңа Зеландия (Yaña Zelandiya) Telugu: న్యూజీలాండ్ (nyūjīlāṇḍ) Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (th) (niu-sii-lɛɛn) Tibetan: ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེན་ཌི (ni'u dzi len ḍi) Tigrinya: ኒው ዘይላንድ (niw zäyland) Tongan: Nuʻusila Turkish: Yeni Zelanda (tr) Turkmen: Täze Zelandiýa Ukrainian: Нова́ Зела́ндія f (Nová Zelándija) Urdu: نیوزی‌لینڈ‎ m (nyūzīlaiṇḍ) Uyghur: يېڭى زېلاندىيە‎ (yë'ngi zëlandiye) Uzbek: Yangi Zelandiya (uz) Vietnamese: Tân Tây Lan (vi) (新西蘭) Welsh: Seland Newydd (cy) f Wolof: Seland-Gu-Bees Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד‎ n (nyu-ziland) Yoruba: Şilandi Titun Zhuang: Sinhsihlanz Zulu: INyuzilandi

attributive form - relating to New Zealand

Afrikaans: Nieu-Seelands Arabic: نْيُوزِيلَنْدِيّ‎ (nyūzīlandiyy) Armenian: նորզելանդական (hy) (norzelandakan) Belarusian: новазела́ндскі (novazjelándski), новазэля́ндскі (novazeljándski) (Taraškievica) Bulgarian: новозела́ндски (novozelándski) Czech: novozélandský (cs) Danish: newzealandsk (da) Dutch: Nieuw-Zeelands (nl) French: néo-zélandais (fr) Georgian: ახალზელანდიური (axalzelandiuri) German: neuseeländisch (de) Greek: νεοζηλανδικός (el) (neozilandikós) Irish: Nua-Shéalainneach Macedonian: новозеландски (novozelandski) Norwegian: Bokmål: newzealandsk, nyzealandsk Nynorsk: newzealandsk, nyzealandsk Persian: نیوزیلندی‎ (niyuzilandi) Polish: nowozelandzki (pl) Portuguese: neozelandês (pt) Romanian: neozeelandez (ro) Russian: новозела́ндский (ru) (novozelándskij) Scottish Gaelic: Nua-Shealainneach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: новозѐландскӣ Roman: novozèlandskī (sh) Slovak: novozélandský Slovene: novozelandski Spanish: neozelandés (es) Swedish: nyzeeländsk (sv) Ukrainian: новозела́ндський (novozelándsʹkyj)

Noun

New Zealand (plural New Zealands)

1. A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

• New Zealand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. New Zealand (a country in Oceania)

Related terms

• newzealandsk

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. New Zealand

Synonyms

• Ny-Zealand

Related terms

• newzealandsk
• newzealender
• newzealending
• nyzealandsk
• nyzealender
• nyzealending

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. New Zealand

Synonyms

• Ny-Zealand

Related terms

• newzealandsk
• newzealendar
• newzealending
• nyzealandsk
• nyzealendar
• nyzealending