Nueva Zelanda

Asturian

Proper noun

Nueva Zelanda f

1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Nueva Zelandia

Etymology

Calque of English New Zealand, in turn a calque of Dutch Nieuw Zeeland (literally “New Zeeland”), named after Dutch Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands, from zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌnweba θeˈlanda/ [ˌnwe.β̞a θeˈlãn̪.d̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˌnweba seˈlanda/ [ˌnwe.β̞a seˈlãn̪.d̪a]

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• Syllabification: Nue‧va Ze‧lan‧da

Proper noun

Nueva Zelanda f

1. New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Related terms

• neozelandés