new zealand
/njʉː ˈzɪələnd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
name
The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
noun
A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand."
Etymology
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”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sêelant
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/
- British English: /ˌnjuː ˈziːlənd/