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Wellywood

Wellywood proper noun: the film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Proper noun

Wellywood

  1. (informal) The film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Origin of Wellywood

Blend of Wellington + Hollywood.

Questions about Wellywood

What does Wellywood mean?
Wellywood means the film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies.
What part of speech is Wellywood?
Wellywood is a proper noun.

Words near Wellywood in the dictionary

  1. welly wanging
  2. welly whanging
  3. wellyard
  4. wellyards
  5. wellying it
  6. Wellywood
  7. Welman
  8. Welmans
  9. Welney
  10. weloganite
  11. welp

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