NEW ZEALAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New Zealand mean? 

• NEW ZEALAND (noun)
  The noun NEW ZEALAND has 2 senses:

1. an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery

2. North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific

  Familiarity information: NEW ZEALAND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW ZEALAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "New Zealand"):

Auckland (the largest city and principal port of New Zealand)

Christchurch (industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region)

capital of New Zealand; Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

Cook Strait (a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand)

Meronyms (members of "New Zealand"):

Kiwi; New Zealander (a native or inhabitant of New Zealand)

Domain member region:

pom; pommy (a disparaging term for a British person)

returning officer (the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results)

Holonyms ("New Zealand" is a part of...):

New Zealand; New Zealand Islands (North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific)

Holonyms ("New Zealand" is a member of...):

British Commonwealth; Commonwealth of Nations (an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown)

British Empire (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

New Zealand; New Zealand Islands

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "New Zealand"):

North Island (the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait)

South Island (the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait)

New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)

Holonyms ("New Zealand" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

 Context examples 

Traditionally, New Zealand has been associated with the continent of Australia.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

The New Zealand hybrid is commonly utilized in biomedical research, in a variety of studies including developmental toxicity studies, toxicology studies, asthma research, and antibody production.

(New Zealand Hybrid Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

An island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

(Fiji, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

You have been in New Zealand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4½ per cent. Two thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can only touch the interest.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the time of closest approach, based on current calculations to be about 2:18 p.m. EDT (11:18 a.m. PDT / 18:18 UTC), the asteroid will be roughly over New Zealand.

(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and New Zealand and east of Samoa.

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus)

The study about the New Zealand epidemic may change the approach toward developing a vaccine against gonorrhea.

(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand.

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

(Cook Islands, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)