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proper noun
- A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ or Aotearoa
- The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands.
- The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
Translations: - Dutch: Nieuw-Zeeland
- French: Nouvelle-Zélande
- German: Neuseeland
- Italian: Nuova Zelanda
- Spanish: Nueva Zelanda
Etymology: From Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland, "new Zeeland", after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
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