New Zealandese

proper noun

The variety of English spoken in New Zealand.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. informalThe variety of English spoken in New Zealand.

    He also won three bottles of champagne, or in New Zealandese, champers.

    2005, Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 227
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    The language we speak is New Zealandese, with its own idiom and pronunciation, and is just as distinctive as the language spoken by Americans, South Africans, Australians and Canadians.

    1990, Allan Bell, Janet Holmes, New Zealand Ways of Speaking English, page 34

Origin

From New Zealand + -ese.

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APA

New Zealandese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandese

MLA

“New Zealandese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandese. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Zealandese,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Zealandese.

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