See also: 新西兰

Chinese edit

new; newly; meso- (chem.) Zealand
trad. (新西蘭) 西蘭
simp. (新西兰) 西兰
 
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Etymology 1 edit

Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Proper noun edit

新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)
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Etymology 2 edit

Short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng) + 西藏 (Xīzàng) + 蘭州兰州 (Lánzhōu). Pun on Etymology 1.

Proper noun edit

新西蘭

  1. (Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
西
にゅー
Grade: 2
じー
Grade: 2
らんど
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English New Zealand. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 新西蘭新西兰 (Xīnxīlán).

Proper noun edit

新西蘭(ニュージーランド) (Nyū Jīrando

  1. Obsolete spelling of ニュージーランド

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Proper noun edit

新西蘭

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Tây Lan (New Zealand).