ZEALAND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zealand mean? 

• ZEALAND (noun)
  The noun ZEALAND has 1 sense:

1. the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZEALAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Seeland; Sjaelland; Zealand

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (members of "Zealand"):

Zealander (a native or inhabitant of Zealand)

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

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)

 Context examples 

They’re calling it Zealandia in a nod to the largest part of the continent that is above water, New Zealand.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

A New Zealand rabbit with black coat color and coat genotype Si, VV, E, D, C, B.

(New Zealand Black Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Decades ago, in the late 1990s, a strain of meningitis B was reaching epidemic proportions in New Zealand.

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

You have been in New Zealand.

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

An albino New Zealand rabbit with coat genotype c, VV and eye color genotype np.

(New Zealand White Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

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)

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

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Patients and investigators from six continents: Europe, Australia/ New Zealand, Africa, Asia, and North and South America, cooperate by participating in extensive clinical trials in the Adjuvant breast cancer setting.

(International Breast Cancer Study Group, NCI Thesaurus)