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English
Etymology Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland ( “ new Zeeland ” ) , (nieuw new Zeeland Zealand Batavia , which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland , from Middle Dutch sêelant zee ( “ sea ” ) + land ( “ land ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun New Zealand
A country and archipelago in Oceania Australia . Official name: New Zealand Wellington
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 Wiltshire England ( OS grid ref SU0177 ) .
Usage notes The word is also used in the attributive form, e.g. the New Zealand government .
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Translations country in Oceania
Abkhaz: Зеландиа ҿыц ( Zelandja ĉʼəc )
Acehnese: Seulandia Barô
Afrikaans: Nieu-Seeland
Albanian: Zelanda e Re f
Amharic: ኒው ዚላንድ ( niw ziland )
Aneityum: Niusilan Nosilan
Arabic: نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا f ( niyūzīlandā ) , نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا f ( niyūzīlandā ) , نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة f ( niyūzīlanda ) , نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة f ( niyūzīlanda ) , زِيلَانْدَا الجَدِيدَة f ( zīlandā l-jadīda ) , زِيلَنْدَا الجَدِيدَة f ( zīlandā l-jadīda )
Hijazi Arabic: نيوزيلندا f ( nyūzīlanda )
Aragonese: Nueva Zelanda f
Aramaic: ܢܝܘ ܙܝܠܢܕ
Armenian: Նոր Զելանդիա ( Nor Zelandia )
Assamese: নিউজিলেণ্ড ( niuzilendo )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܝܼܠܵܢܕܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ f ( zīlanda ḳadta )
Asturian: Nueva Zelanda (ast) f
Aymara: Nu Zelandia
Azerbaijani: Yeni Zelandiya (az)
Bashkir: Яңы Зеландия ( Yañı Zelandiya )
Basque: Zeelanda Berria
Bavarian: Neiseeland
Belarusian: Но́вая Зела́ндыя f ( Nóvaja Zjelándyja ) , Но́вая Зэля́ндыя f ( Nóvaja Zeljándyja ) ( Taraškevica orthography )
Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (bn) ( niujilênḍ )
Bikol Central: Nueva Zelanda
Bislama: Niu Zilan
Breton: Zeland-Nevez (br)
Bulgarian: Но́ва Зела́ндия f ( Nóva Zelándija )
Burmese: နယူးဇီလန် ( na.yu:jilan )
Carpathian Rusyn: Новый Зеланд m ( Novŷj Zeland )
Catalan: Nova Zelanda (ca)
Cebuano: Nuzeland
Chamorro: Nuebu Silan
Chechen: Керла Зеланди ( Kerla Zelandi )
Cherokee: ᎢᏤᏏᎢᎴᏂᏗ ( itsesiilenidi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紐西蘭 ／ 纽西兰 ( nau5 sai1 laan4 , nau2 sai1 laan4 ) , 新西蘭 ／ 新西兰 ( san1 sai1 laan4 )
Eastern Min: 新西蘭 ／ 新西兰 ( Sĭng-să̤-làng )
Hakka: 紐西蘭 ／ 纽西兰 ( Néu Sî-làn ) ( Sixian, PFS )
Hokkien: 紐西蘭 ／ 纽西兰 ( Liú-se-lân )
Mandarin: 新西蘭 ／ 新西兰 (zh) ( Xīn Xīlán ) , ( Taiwan ) 紐西蘭 ／ 纽西兰 (zh) ( Niǔ Xīlán )
Wu: 新西蘭 ／ 新西兰 ( 1 shin-shi-le)
Chuvash: Ҫӗнӗ Зеланди ( Śĕnĕ Zelandi )
Cornish: Mordir Nowyth m
Corsican: Nova Zilanda
Cree: ᓂᐅ ᓯᐊᐧᐣ ( nio siayn )
Crimean Tatar: Yañı Zelandiya
Czech: Nový Zéland (cs) m
Danish: New Zealand (da) n
Dhivehi: ނިއުޒިލޭންޑު ( niuzilēn̊ḍu )
Dutch: Nieuw-Zeeland (nl) n
Dzongkha: ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེནཌ་ ( ni'u dzi lenḍ )
Erzya: Од Зеландия ( Od Źelanďija )
Esperanto: Nov-Zelando (eo)
Estonian: Uus-Meremaa (et)
Extremaduran: Nueva Zelanda
Faroese: Nýsæland n
Fiji Hindi: New Zealand
Fijian: Niusiladi
Finnish: Uusi-Seelanti (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Novèla-Zèlanda
French: Nouvelle-Zélande (fr) f
Fula: Niw-Zilannda
Gagauz: Eni Zelandiya
Galician: Nova Zelandia (gl) f
Georgian: ახალი ზელანდია (ka) ( axali zelandia )
German: Neuseeland (de) n
Greek: Νέα Ζηλανδία (el) f ( Néa Zilandía )
Guaraní: Selánda Pyahu
Guianese Creole: Nouvèl-Zélann
Gujarati: ન્યુઝીલેન્ડ ( nyujhīlenḍ )
Haitian Creole: Nouvèl Zelann
Hawaiian: Aokealoa Aotearoa Nukilani
Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְד f ( nyú zíland )
Hindi: न्यू ज़ीलंड m ( nyū zīlaṇḍ ) , न्यूज़ीलैंड m ( nyūzīlaiṇḍ ) , न्यूज़ीलैण् m ( nyūzīlaiṇ )
Hungarian: Új-Zéland (hu)
Icelandic: Nýja-Sjáland (is) n
Ido: Nova-Zelando (io)
Ilocano: Baro a Selanda
Indonesian: Selandia Baru (id) , New Zealand (id)
Ingush: Керда Зеланди ( Kerda Zelandi )
Interlingua: Nove Zelanda
Inuktitut: ᓂᐅ ᓰᓚᓐ ( nio siilan )
Irish: An Nua-Shéalainn f
Italian: Nuova Zelanda (it) f
Jamaican Creole: Nyuu Ziilant
Japanese: ニュージーランド (ja) ( Nyūjīrando ) , ニュー・ジーランド (ja) ( Nyū-Jīrando )
Javanese: Niu Sélan
Kabardian: Зиландыщӏэ ( Zilandəśʼɛ )
Kabyle: Ziland Tamaynut
Kalenjin: Nyuziland
Kalmyk: Шинзеленд ( Şinzelend ) , Шинзелендин Орн ( Şinzelendin Orn )
Kamba: Nyuziland
Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) ( nyū jīlyāṇḍ )
Karakalpak: Jańa Zelandiya
Kashubian: Nowô Zelandzkô n
Katla: Джангы Зеландия
Kazakh: Жаңа Зеландия (kk) ( Jaña Zelandiä )
Khakas: Наа Зеландия ( Naa Zelandiya )
Khmer: នូវែលហ្សេឡង់ ( Nuvêl Hséláng )
Kikuyu: Nyuziland
Komi-Zyrian: Выль Зеландия ( Vyľ Źelanďija )
Korean: 뉴질랜드 (ko) ( Nyujillaendeu )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نیوزیلاند ( nîwzîland )
Northern Kurdish: Nû Zelenda (ku) , Zelendaya Nû (ku) , Zelendaya Teze Nîwzelanda (ku)
Kyrgyz: Жаңы Зеландия (ky) ( Jaŋı Zelandiya )
Ladino: Mueva Zelanda
Lao: ນູແວນເຊລັງ ( nū wǣn sē lang ) , ນິວຊີແລນ ( niu sī lǣn ) , ນິວຊີແລນດ໌ ( niu sī lǣn da )
Latin: Nova Seelandia f Nova Zelandia (la) f
Latvian: Jaunzēlande (lv) f
Lezgi: Цӏийи Зеландия ( C̣iji Zelandiä )
Limburgish: Nui-Zieland
Lithuanian: Naujoji Zelandija (lt) f
Livvi: Uuzi Zelandii
Lombard: Noeuva Zelanda
Low German:
German Low German: Niegseeland n
Luhya: Niuziland
Luo: Niuziland
Luxembourgish: Neiséiland
Macedonian: Нов Зеланд (mk) m ( Nov Zeland )
Malagasy: Zelandy Vaovao
Malay: New Zealand
Malayalam: ന്യൂസീലൻഡ് ( nyūsīlaṉḍŭ ) , ന്യൂസിലാൻറ് ( nyūsilāṉṟŭ ) , ന്യൂസിലാന്ഡ് ( nyūsilānḍŭ )
Maltese: New Zealand (mt)
Manx: Noa Heelan f Yn Teelan Noa f
Maori: Aotearoa (mi) , Niu Tireni
Marathi: न्यू झीलँड ( nyū jhīlĕṇḍa )
Mari:
Western Mari: У Зеланди ( U Zelandi )
Mazanderani: نو زیلند
Meru: Nyuziland Nyuziland
Mingrelian: ახალი ზელანდია ( axali zelandia )
Mirandese: Nuoba Zelándia
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Шинэ Зеланд ( Šine Zeland )
Mullu Kurumba: Seelandɩ Kɩfalʊʊ
Nahuatl: Yancuīc Zetlālpan
Navajo: Łeesdísí Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Nòva Zelanna
Nepali: न्युजिल्यान्ड ( nyujilyānḍa )
Norfuk: Nyuu Ziilan
Norman: Nouvelle Zélande f
North Frisian: Nei-Sialun
Northern Ndebele: Nyuzilandi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: New Zealand (no) n Ny-Zealand n
Nynorsk: New Zealand (nn) n Ny-Zealand n
Nyindrou: Nueva Zelanda
Occitan: Nòva Zelanda (oc) f
Odia: ନିଉଜିଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ ( niujilyāṇḍa )
Oromo: Niwuu Ziilaandi
Ossetian: Ног Зеланди ( Nog Zelandi )
Paiwan: Autearua
Pashto: نيوزيلنډ (ps) m نویزېلنډ m ( nəwayzelanḍ )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نِیوزیلَنْد (fa) ( niyuziland ) , زِلانْدِ نُو (fa) ( zelând-e now ) , زِلانْدِ جَدید ( zelând-e jadid )
Picard: Novèle-Zilinde
Polish: Nowa Zelandia (pl) f
Portuguese: Nova Zelândia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਨਿਊਜੀਲੈਂਡ ( niūjīlaiṇḍ )
Quechua: Musuq Silantha
Rarotongan: Nū Tireni
Romanian: Noua Zeelandă (ro) f
Romansch: Nova Zelanda f
Russian: Но́вая Зела́ндия (ru) f ( Nóvaja Zelándija )
Rwanda-Rundi: Nuveli Zelande
Sami:
Inari Sami: Uđđâ-Seeland
Samoan: Niu Sila
Santali: ᱱᱤᱭᱩᱡᱤᱞᱮᱱᱰ ( niyujilenḍ )
Sardinian: Noa Zelanda
Saterland Frisian: Näi-Seelound
Scottish Gaelic: Sealainn Nuadh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Но̏вӣ Зѐланд m
Roman: Nȍvī Zèland m
Shan: မိူင်းၼိဝ်းၸီႇလႅၼ်ႇ ( móeng nío tsìi lèn )
Shor: Наа Зеландия
Sicilian: Nova Zilanna f
Silesian: Nowŏ Zelandyjŏ f
Sindhi: نيوزيلينڊ
Sinhalese: නවසීලන්තය ( nawasīlantaya ) , නව සීලන්තය ( nawa sīlantaya )
Slovak: Nový Zéland m
Slovene: Nôva Zelándija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Nowoseelandska f
Upper Sorbian: Nowoseelandska f
Spanish: Nueva Zelanda (es) f Nueva Zelandia (es) f
Sundanese: Selandia Anyar
Swahili: Nyuzilandi (sw)
Swedish: Nya Zeeland (sv) n
Tagalog: Bagong Selanda (tl)
Tahitian: Aotearoa
Tajik: Зеландияи Нав ( Zelandiya-yi Nav )
Tamil: நியூசிலாந்து (ta) ( niyūcilāntu ) , நியூஜிலாந்து ( niyūjilāntu )
Tatar: Яңа Зеландия ( Yaña Zelandiyä )
Telugu: న్యూజీలాండ్ ( nyūjīlāṇḍ )
Tetum: Nova Zelándia
Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (th) ( niu-sii-lɛɛn )
Tibetan: ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེན་ཌི ( ni'u dzi len ḍi )
Tigrinya: ኒው ዘይላንድ ( niw zäyland )
Tok Pisin: Niu Silan
Tongan: Nuʻusila Nuʻu Sila
Tulu: ನ್ಯೂ ಝಿಲೆಂಡ್ ( nyū jhileṇḍŭ )
Turkish: Yeni Zelanda (tr)
Turkmen: Täze Zelandiýa
Tyap: Zi̱lan A̱fai
Udmurt: Выль Зеландия ( Vyľ Źelanďija )
Ukrainian: Нова́ Зела́ндія f ( Nová Zelándija )
Urdu: نْیُوزی لَینْڈ m ( nyūzī lainḍ ) , نْیُوزیلَینْڈ m ( nyūzī-lainḍ )
Uyghur: يېڭى زېلاندىيە ( yë'ngi zëlandiye )
Uzbek: Yangi Zelandiya (uz)
Venetan: Nova Zełanda
Veps: Uz' Zelandii
Vietnamese: Tân Tây Lan (vi) (新西蘭
Volapük: Nula-Seleäns (vo)
Walloon: Novele-Zelande (wa)
Waray-Waray: Bag-o nga Zelanda
Welsh: Seland Newydd (cy) f
West Flemish: Nieuw-Zêeland
West Frisian: Nij-Seelân
Western Panjabi: نیوزیلینڈ ( neyozelīnḍ )
Wolof: Seland-Gu-Bees
Xhosa: Nyu Zilend
Yakut: Саҥа Зеландия ( Saña Zelandiya )
Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד n ( nyu-ziland )
Yoruba: Níù Sìlandì
Zhuang: Sinhsihlanz
Zulu: INyuzilandi
Noun New Zealand (plural New Zealands
A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
See also (countries of Oceania country Oceania Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Appendix:Countries of the world
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Danish
Proper noun New Zealand
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Proper noun New Zealand
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun New Zealand
New Zealand archipelago in Oceania Australia )
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New Zealand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
