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New Zealand
/nu ˈzi.lənd/
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What does New Zealand mean?
noun
- A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
proper noun
- A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.
- The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
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proper noun
- A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).
- A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).
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IPA pronunciation
/nu ˈzi.lənd/
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A New Zealand chief “cried like a child because the sailors spoilt his favourite cloak by powdering it with flour.”
Still, this is the only New Zealand creature which has no mention in that otherwise comprehensive literature, the native legends.
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A large trade deficit is annually made up for by remittances from emigrants and from foreign aid, largely from New Zealand.
In this second visit of our navigators to New Zealand, they met with indubitable evidence that the natives were eaters of human flesh.
R. AUSTRALIS, from New Zealand, is a very prickly species, with the leaves reduced to their stalks and the midribs of three leaflets.