# New Zealand
## English
### Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), (nieuw calqued as new), Zeeland calqued 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyoo͞-zē'lənd, IPA: /nju ˈziː.lənd/, /ˌnjuː -/
* (General American) enPR: noo͞-zē'lənd, IPA: /nu ˈzi.lənd/, /ˌnu -/
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/, (uncommon/foreign) /- ˈziː-/
** (New Zealand) IPA: [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd], [-ˈzeə-]
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* Rhymes: -iːlənd
* Hyphenation: New Zea‧land

### Proper noun

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

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

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

#### Holonyms

* Polynesia

#### Derived terms

* Enzedder
* New Zealand begonia
* New Zealand Daylight Time
* New Zealand English
* New Zealander
* New Zealand flax
* New Zealand goose
* New Zealandish, New Zealandic
* New Zealand Mean Time
* New Zealandress
* New Zealand tea tree
* Zealandia
* Zealandian
* Zealandica

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا (niyūzīlāndā), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا (niyūzīlandā), نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة (niyūzīlānda), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة (niyūzīlanda)
* → Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (niujilênḍ)
* → Chinese: 紐西蘭 / 纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán)
* → Danish: New Zealand
* → Fijian: Niusiladi
* → Hawaiian: Nukilani
* → Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)
* → Hindi: न्यू ज़ीलंड (nyū zīlaṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैंड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैण् (nyūzīlaiṇ)
* → Japanese: ニュージーランド (Nyū Jīrando)
* → Korean: 뉴질랜드 (nyujillaendeu)
* → Maori: Niu Tireni
* → Niuean: Niu Sila
* → Norwegian Bokmål: New Zealand
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: New Zealand
* → Pashto: نيوزيلنډ (nyuzelanḍ)
* → Persian: نِیوزیلَنْد (niyuziland)
* → Rarotongan: Nū Tireni
* → Samoan: Niu Sila
* → Swahili: Nyuzilandi
* → Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (niu-sii-lɛɛn)
* → Tokelauan: Niu Hila
* → Tongan: Nuʻusila, Nuʻu Sila
* → Urdu: نْیُوزی لَینْڈ (nyūzī lainḍ), نْیُوزی‌لَینْڈ (nyūzī-lainḍ)
* → Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד (nyu-ziland)

#### Translations
### Noun

New Zealand (plural New Zealands)
* A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.

### See also

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Appendix:Countries of the world

### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* newzealandsk

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

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

#### Synonyms

* Ny-Zealand

#### Related terms

* newzealandsk
* newzealender
* newzealending
* nyzealandsk
* nyzealender
* nyzealending

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

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

#### Synonyms

* Ny-Zealand

#### Related terms

* newzealandsk
* newzealendar
* newzealending
* nyzealandsk
* nyzealendar
* nyzealending