# New Zealand

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nju ˈziː.lənd/

## Definitions
1. A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
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).

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/new-zealand