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New zealand
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- 1 A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
"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."
- 2 The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
- 3 A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
- 4 A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).
- 1 A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
Etymology
Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“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”).
Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“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”).
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