Meanings
- A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
2023 July 8, “Pylon of the Month - July 2023”, in Pylon of the Month, archived from the original on 13 Jul 20241 more example
The government of New Zealand is looking for a crew to lead the redevelopment of its research headquarters in Antarctica. Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar.
2019 September 26, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Wanted: A design team for a building project at Earth’s most remote location – Antarctica”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020 - The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
Synonyms: Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand, Dominion of New Zealand, Enzed, Godzone, Kiwiland, Land of the Long White Cloud, Maoriland
- A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
plural New Zealands
- A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
Origin
- Middle DutchSêelant
- EnglishNew Zealand
Partial 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”).
More words from Middle Dutch
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Afrikaans Nieu-Seeland, Nieu-Seelands
- Nieu-Seelandcountry in Oceania
- Nieu-Seelandsattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Arabic نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا, نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا
- نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا (niyūzīlandā)country in Oceania
- نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا (niyūzīlandā)country in Oceania
- نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة (niyūzīlanda)country in Oceania
- نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة (niyūzīlanda)country in Oceania
- زِيلَانْدَا الجَدِيدَة (zīlandā l-jadīda)country in Oceania
- زِيلَنْدَا الجَدِيدَة (zīlandā l-jadīda)country in Oceania
- نْيُوزِيلَنْدِيّ (nyūzīlandiyy)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Basque Zeelanda Berria
- Zeelanda Berriacountry in Oceania
Bengali নিউজিল্যান্ড
- নিউজিল্যান্ড (niujilênḍ)country in Oceania
Bulgarian Но́ва Зела́ндия, новозела́ндски
- Но́ва Зела́ндия (Nóva Zelándija)country in Oceania
- новозела́ндски (novozelándski)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Catalan Nova Zelanda
- Nova Zelandacountry in Oceania
Chinese Cantonese 紐西蘭 /纽西兰, 新西蘭 /新西兰
- 紐西蘭 /纽西兰 (nau⁵ sai¹ laan⁴, nau² sai¹ laan⁴)country in Oceania
- 新西蘭 /新西兰 (san¹ sai¹ laan⁴)country in Oceania
Chinese Mandarin 新西蘭 /新西兰, 紐西蘭 /纽西兰
- 新西蘭 /新西兰 (Xīn Xīlán)country in Oceania
- 紐西蘭 /纽西兰 (Niǔ Xīlán)country in Oceania
Czech Nový Zéland, novozélandský
- Nový Zélandcountry in Oceania
- novozélandskýattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Danish New Zealand, newzealandsk
- New Zealandcountry in Oceania
- newzealandskattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland, Nieuw-Zeelands
- Nieuw-Zeelandcountry in Oceania
- Nieuw-Zeelandsattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Esperanto Nov-Zelando
- Nov-Zelandocountry in Oceania
Estonian Uus-Meremaa
- Uus-Meremaacountry in Oceania
Finnish Uusi-Seelanti, uusiseelantilainen
- Uusi-Seelanticountry in Oceania
- uusiseelantilainenattributive form - relating to New Zealand
French Nouvelle-Zélande, néo-zélandais
- Nouvelle-Zélandecountry in Oceania
- néo-zélandaisattributive form - relating to New Zealand
German Neuseeland, neuseeländisch
- Neuseelandcountry in Oceania
- neuseeländischattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Greek Νέα Ζηλανδία, νεοζηλανδικός
- Νέα Ζηλανδία (Néa Zilandía)country in Oceania
- νεοζηλανδικός (neozilandikós)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Hawaiian Aokealoa, Aotearoa
- Aokealoacountry in Oceania
- Aotearoacountry in Oceania
- Nukilanicountry in Oceania
Hebrew נְיוּ זִילַנְד
- נְיוּ זִילַנְד (nyú zíland)country in Oceania
Hindi न्यू ज़ीलंड, न्यूज़ीलैंड
- न्यू ज़ीलंड (nyū zīlaṇḍ)country in Oceania
- न्यूज़ीलैंड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ)country in Oceania
- न्यूज़ीलैण् (nyūzīlaiṇ)country in Oceania
- न्यूज़ीलैण्ड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ)country in Oceania
Hungarian Új-Zéland
- Új-Zélandcountry in Oceania
Icelandic Nýja-Sjáland
- Nýja-Sjálandcountry in Oceania
Indonesian Selandia Baru, New Zealand
- Selandia Barucountry in Oceania
- New Zealandcountry in Oceania
Irish An Nua-Shéalainn, Nua-Shéalainneach
- An Nua-Shéalainncountry in Oceania
- Nua-Shéalainneachattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Italian Nuova Zelanda
- Nuova Zelandacountry in Oceania
Japanese ニュージーランド, ニュー・ジーランド
- ニュージーランド (Nyūjīrando)country in Oceania
- ニュー・ジーランド (Nyū-Jīrando)country in Oceania
- 乳国country in Oceania
Korean 뉴질랜드, 신서란
- 뉴질랜드 (Nyujillaendeu)country in Oceania
- 신서란 (Sinseoran)country in Oceania
Latin Nova Seelandia, Nova Zelandia
- Nova Seelandiacountry in Oceania
- Nova Zelandiacountry in Oceania
Latvian Jaunzēlande
- Jaunzēlandecountry in Oceania
Lithuanian Naujoji Zelandija
- Naujoji Zelandijacountry in Oceania
Malay New Zealand
- New Zealandcountry in Oceania
Māori Aotearoa, Niu Tireni
- Aotearoacountry in Oceania
- Niu Tirenicountry in Oceania
Norwegian Bokmål New Zealand, Ny-Zealand
- New Zealandcountry in Oceania
- Ny-Zealandcountry in Oceania
- newzealandskattributive form - relating to New Zealand
- nyzealandskattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Persian نیوزیلندی
- نیوزیلندی (niyuzilandi)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Polish Nowa Zelandia, nowozelandzki
- Nowa Zelandiacountry in Oceania
- nowozelandzkiattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Portuguese Nova Zelândia, neozelandês
- Nova Zelândiacountry in Oceania
- neozelandêsattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Punjabi ਨਿਊਜੀਲੈਂਡ
- ਨਿਊਜੀਲੈਂਡ (niūjīlaiṇḍ)country in Oceania
Romanian Noua Zeelandă, neozeelandez
- Noua Zeelandăcountry in Oceania
- neozeelandezattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Russian Но́вая Зела́ндия, новозела́ндский
- Но́вая Зела́ндия (Nóvaja Zelándija)country in Oceania
- новозела́ндский (novozelándskij)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Scottish Gaelic Sealainn Nuadh, Nua-Shealainneach
- Sealainn Nuadhcountry in Oceania
- Nua-Shealainneachattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Slovak Nový Zéland, novozélandský
- Nový Zélandcountry in Oceania
- novozélandskýattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Spanish Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia
- Nueva Zelandacountry in Oceania
- Nueva Zelandiacountry in Oceania
- neozelandésattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Swahili Nyuzilandi
- Nyuzilandicountry in Oceania
Swedish Nya Zeeland, nyzeeländsk
- Nya Zeelandcountry in Oceania
- nyzeeländskattributive form - relating to New Zealand
Tagalog Bagong Selanda, Nuweba Selandiya
- Bagong Selandacountry in Oceania
- Nuweba Selandiyacountry in Oceania
Tamil நியூசிலாந்து, நியூஜிலாந்து
- நியூசிலாந்து (niyūcilāntu)country in Oceania
- நியூஜிலாந்து (niyūjilāntu)country in Oceania
Thai นิวซีแลนด์
- นิวซีแลนด์ (niu-sii-lɛɛn)country in Oceania
Turkish Yeni Zelanda
- Yeni Zelandacountry in Oceania
Ukrainian Нова́ Зела́ндія, новозела́ндський
- Нова́ Зела́ндія (Nová Zelándija)country in Oceania
- новозела́ндський (novozelándsʹkyj)attributive form - relating to New Zealand
Urdu نْیُوزی لَینْڈ, نْیُوزیلَینْڈ
- نْیُوزی لَینْڈ (nyūzī lainḍ)country in Oceania
- نْیُوزیلَینْڈ (nyūzī-lainḍ)country in Oceania
Vietnamese Tân Tây Lan
- Tân Tây Lancountry in Oceania
Welsh Seland Newydd
- Seland Newyddcountry in Oceania
Yiddish ניו־זילאַנד
- ניו־זילאַנד (nyu-ziland)country in Oceania
Zulu INyuzilandi
- INyuzilandicountry in Oceania
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with New Zealand
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New Zealand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealand
“New Zealand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealand. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Zealand,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealand.
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