New Zealand
A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of AustraliaA country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
Meaning
4 sensesA country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
Neuseeland
Но́вая Зела́ндияNóvaja Zelándija
Нова́ Зела́ндіяNová Zelándija
The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
neuseeländisch
новозела́ндскийnovozelándskij
новозела́ндськийnovozelándsʹkyj
A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).
Translations
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Origin
Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (literally “new Zeeland”), nieuw calqued as new, ZeePartial 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”).
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