New Zealand

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 See also 2 Norwegian 2.1 Proper noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 2.1.2 Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• RP: "nyoo͞-zē'lənd, /ˌnjuːˈziːlənd/, /%nju:"zi:l@nd/
• (US): "n(y)oo͞-zē'lənd, /ˌn(j)uːˈziːlənd/, /%n(j)u:"zi:l@nd/

Etymology

From Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland, "new Zeeland", after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ.
2. The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands.
3. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.

Translations

Arabic: نيوزيلاندا (niuzilánda) f. Bosnian: Novi Zeland m. Breton: Zeland-Nevez Bulgarian: Нова Зеландия (Nóva Zelándija) f. Chinese: 新西蘭/æ–°è¥¿å °, 紐西蘭 (XÄ«n XÄ«lán) Croatian: Novi Zeland m. Czech: Nový Zéland m. Danish: New Zealand Dutch: Nieuw-Zeeland Esperanto: Nov-Zelando Estonian: Uus-Meremaa Finnish: Uusi-Seelanti French: Nouvelle-Zélande f. German: Neuseeland n. Greek: Νέα Ζηλανδία (Néa Zilandía) f. Hungarian: Új-Zéland Indonesian: Selandia Baru Interlingua: Nove Zelanda

Italian: Nuova Zelanda f. Japanese: ニュージーランド, 新西蘭 (NyÅ« JÄ«rando) Korean: 뉴질레드 (nyujillaendeu) Latin: Nova Zelanda f. Maori: Aotearoa, Niu Tireni Norwegian: New Zealand, Ny-Zealand Polish: Nowa Zelandia f. Portuguese: Nova Zelândia f. Romanian: Noua Zeelandă f. Russian: Новая Зеландия (Nóvaja Zelándija) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: Нови Зеланд m. Roman: Novi Zeland m. Slovene: Nova Zelandija f. Spanish: Nueva Zelanda f. Swedish: Nya Zeeland Turkish: Yeni Zelanda

Synonyms

• Maoriland
• Land of the Long White Cloud - (Maori name translated into English)
• Land of the Long White Shroud - (Australia, humourous, insulting)
• Aotearoa
• Aotearoa New Zealand
• NZ
• Enzed

Derived terms

• New Zealander

• Enzedder

See also

• Countries of the world

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Norwegian

Proper noun

New Zealand

1. New Zealand

Synonyms

• Ny-Zealand

Related terms

• newzealending, newzealander, nyzealending, nyzealender
• newzealandsk, nyzealandsk

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