Godzone

Meaning

New Zealand.

Synonyms

New Zealand

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Australasia

Enzed

Aucklander

Napierite

Maoriland

Translations

نيوزيلاندا

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Nova Zelanda

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Neuseeland

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Νέα Ζηλανδία

Nouvelle-Zélande

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Nouvelle‐Zélande

Nuova Zelanda

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Nieuw-Zeeland

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Nòva Zelanda

Naua Zelanda

Aotearoa

Nova Zelândia

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NovaZelândia

Nueva Zelanda

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɒdzəʊn/

Etymology

Contraction of God’s own country, modelled after zone (“area or region of the world”). The word was possibly modified from the title of the poem “God’s Own Country” (1890) by the New Zealand poet and politician Thomas Bracken (1843–1898).