Auckland

English

Etymology

After William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, after Bishop Auckland, formerly North Auckland in the UK, the site of Auckland Castle, from Ackland, possibly from Old Norse alka (“auk”) or from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land; similar, if not the same, to Oakland. In view of an earlier form, Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of a Cumbric [Term?] form, equivalent to Proto-Brythonic *alo- (“rock”) + Proto-Brythonic *clọ:tā, a river name.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.klənd/

• Audio (UK):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.klənd/, /ˈɑ.klənd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.klənd/

• Audio (New York City):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːklənd
• Hyphenation: Auc‧kland

Proper noun

Auckland

1. A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.
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     Sam Ruthe had the eyes of thousands on him when he stepped onto a running track in Auckland just over a week ago.

2. A region of New Zealand which includes the city, situated between the Northland region to the north and the Waikato region to the south.
3. A territorial authority and unitary authority for the Auckland Region of New Zealand; in full, Auckland Council.

Derived terms

• Auckland Island
• Auckland Islands

Descendants

• Translingual: Aucklandia

Translations

the largest conurbation in New Zealand

• Amharic: ኦክለንድ (ʾokländ)
• Arabic: أُوكْلَانْد m (ʔūklānd)
• Armenian: Օկլենդ (Ōklend)
• Belarusian: О́кленд m (Ókljend)
• Bulgarian: Оукланд m (Oukland)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧克蘭 / 奥克兰 (zh) (Àokèlán)

• Dutch: Auckland (nl) n
• Finnish: Auckland (fi)
• French: Auckland (fr) m
• Georgian: ოკლენდი (oḳlendi)
• German: Auckland (de) n
• Greek: Όκλαντ (el) n (Óklant), Ώκλαντ (el) n (Óklant)
• Hebrew: אוקלנד
• Hindi: ऑकलैंड (ŏklaiṇḍ)
• Japanese: オークランド (ja) (Ōkurando)
• Khmer: អូកឡិន (ʼouklən)
• Korean: 오클랜드 (Okeullaendeu)
• Latin: Aucopolis f, Querquetula f
• Macedonian: Окленд m (Oklend)
• Maori: Tāmaki Makaurau, Ākarana
• Marathi: ऑकलँड (ŏklĕṇḍa)
• Navajo: Níbaal Łání
• Persian: آوکلند (âvkland)
• Polish: Auckland (pl) m
• Portuguese: Auckland f
• Russian: О́кленд (ru) m (Óklend)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Окланд m

  Roman: Auckland (sh) m

• Spanish: Auckland (es)
• Swedish: Auckland (sv)
• Tongan: ʻAokalani
• Ukrainian: О́кленд m (Óklend)

See also

• Bishop Auckland
• West Auckland

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Auckland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.klɑ̃d/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Auckland m

1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Auckland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.klant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔklant
• Syllabification: Auck‧land

Proper noun

Auckland m inan

1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Declension

Declension of Auckland

	singular
nominative	Auckland
genitive	Aucklandu
dative	Aucklandowi
accusative	Auckland
instrumental	Aucklandem
locative	Aucklandzie
vocative	Aucklandzie

Further reading

• Auckland in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Auckland.

Proper noun

Auckland ?

1. Auckland (a city in New Zealand)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokland/ [ˈo.klãn̪d̪]
• Rhymes: -okland
• Syllabification: Auc‧kland

Proper noun

Auckland ?

1. Auckland (the largest conurbation in New Zealand)