New Zealand
Syllables: New Zea·land
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Australia/njʉː ˈzɪələnd/New Zealand[njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd]
New Zealand proper noun: a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
Proper noun
New Zealand
- A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
- The government of New Zealand is looking for a crew to lead the redevelopment of its research headquarters in Antarctica.
Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar.2019 September 26, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Wanted: A design team for a building project at Earth’s most remote location – Antarctica”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020 - After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.2023 July 8, “Pylon of the Month - July 2023”, in Pylon of the Month, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024
- The government of New Zealand is looking for a crew to lead the redevelopment of its research headquarters in Antarctica.
- 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).
Noun
New Zealand (plural New Zealands)
- A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
New Zealand meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
New Zealand in Hindi
- country in Oceania
- न्यू ज़ीलंड nyū zīlaṇḍ, न्यूज़ीलैंड nyūzīlaiṇḍ, न्यूज़ीलैण् nyūzīlaiṇ, न्यूज़ीलैण्ड nyūzīlaiṇḍ
New Zealand in Tamil
- country in Oceania
- நியூசிலாந்து niyūcilāntu, நியூஜிலாந்து niyūjilāntu
New Zealand in Marathi
- country in Oceania
- न्यू झीलँड nyū jhīlĕṇḍa
New Zealand in Urdu
- country in Oceania
- نْیُوزی لَینْڈ nyūzī lainḍ, نْیُوزیلَینْڈ nyūzī-lainḍ
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- New Zealand in Bengali
- নিউজিল্যান্ড niujilênḍ
- New Zealand in Telugu
- న్యూజీలాండ్ nyūjīlāṇḍ
- New Zealand in Malayalam
- ന്യൂസീലൻഡ് nyūsīlaṉḍŭ, ന്യൂസിലാൻറ് nyūsilāṉṟŭ, ന്യൂസിലാന്ഡ് nyūsilānḍŭ
- New Zealand in Kannada
- ನ್ಯೂ ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ nyū jīlyāṇḍ
- New Zealand in Punjabi
- ਨਿਊਜੀਲੈਂਡ niūjīlaiṇḍ
- New Zealand in Gujarati
- ન્યુઝીલેન્ડ nyujhīlenḍ
- New Zealand in Odia
- ନିଉଜିଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ niujilyāṇḍa
- New Zealand in Sinhala
- නවසීලන්තය nawasīlantaya, නව සීලන්තය nawa sīlantaya
- New Zealand in Assamese
- নিউজিলেণ্ড niuzilendo
- New Zealand in Nepali
- न्युजिल्यान्ड nyujilyānḍa
- New Zealand in Pashto
- نيوزيلنډ, نویزېلنډ nəwayzelanḍ
- New Zealand in Tagalog
- Bagong Selanda, Nuweba Selandiya
- New Zealand in Arabic
- نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا niyūzīlandā, نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا niyūzīlandā, نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة niyūzīlanda, نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة niyūzīlanda
- New Zealand in Malay
- New Zealand
- New Zealand in Indonesian
- Selandia Baru, New Zealand
- New Zealand in Persian
- نیوزیلندی niyuzilandi
- New Zealand in Thai
- นิวซีแลนด์ niu-sii-lɛɛn
- New Zealand in Vietnamese
- Tân Tây Lan
- New Zealand in Myanmar
- နယူးဇီလန် na.yu:jilan
- Sindhi
- نيوزيلينڊ neozelẽḍ
- Dhivehi
- ނިއުޒިލޭންޑު niuzilēn̊ḍu
- Dzongkha
- ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེནཌ་ ni'u dzi lenḍ
Synonyms of New Zealand
- Aotearoa
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Enzed
- Godzone
- Kiwiland
- Land of the Long White Cloud
- Maoriland
- Nu Zillund
- NZ
- Zealandia
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Forms of New Zealand
| plural | New Zealands |
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Origin of New Zealand
Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (literally “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”).
Words formed from New Zealand
- 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 frog
- 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
Words that rhyme with New Zealand
Questions about New Zealand
- What does New Zealand mean?
- New Zealand means a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
- What is New Zealand in Hindi?
- New Zealand in Hindi is न्यू ज़ीलंड (nyū zīlaṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैंड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैण् (nyūzīlaiṇ). See New Zealand meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is New Zealand?
- New Zealand can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce New Zealand?
- New Zealand is pronounced /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/ (Australia).
Words near New Zealand in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: New Zealand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: GT New Zealand.ogg, En-au-New Zealand.ogg.
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