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Zealandia

/ziːˈlændi.ə/

Zealandia proper noun: a sunken continent east of Sahul and in the west of the Pacific, the proffered eighth continent. A nearly submerged continent or microcontinent that sank after breaking away from Australia many millions of years ago.

Proper noun

Zealandia

  1. A sunken continent east of Sahul and in the west of the Pacific, the proffered eighth continent. A nearly submerged continent or microcontinent that sank after breaking away from Australia many millions of years ago.
    Synonyms:
    Tasmantis, Te Riu-a-Māui
  2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Synonyms of Zealandia

Origin of Zealandia

From Zealand + -ia.

Words formed from Zealandia

Questions about Zealandia

What does Zealandia mean?
Zealandia means a sunken continent east of Sahul and in the west of the Pacific, the proffered eighth continent. A nearly submerged continent or microcontinent that sank after breaking away from Australia many millions of years ago.
What part of speech is Zealandia?
Zealandia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zealandia?
Zealandia is pronounced /ziːˈlændi.ə/.

Words near Zealandia in the dictionary

  1. zeal
  2. zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
  3. Zealand
  4. Zealander
  5. Zealanders
  6. Zealandia
  7. Zealandian
  8. Zealandic
  9. zealant
  10. zealants
  11. zeale

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