Zealand

American  

[zee-luhnd] / ˈzi lənd /

noun

1. the largest island of Denmark: Copenhagen is located here. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km).

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Zealand British  

/ ˈziːlənd /

noun

1. Danish name: Sjælland. German name: Seeland. the largest island of Denmark, separated from the island of Funen by the Great Belt and from S Sweden by the Sound (both now spanned by road bridges). Chief town: Copenhagen. Pop: 2 096 449 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Zealander
  noun

Example Sentences

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Zealand

Zealand Pharma shares fall 4%, while Roche’s trade 1.4% lower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

England, who won the trophy in 2019, are in the same group as co-hosts South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and a qualifier.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The New Zealand landscape does echo the rolling hills of Central California, in a dry season, but it’s a dreary vision, hardly the paradise of Steinbeck’s memory, book or metaphor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"We're asking one thing: that New Zealand keep the commitments it signed."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hall was born into a working-class Catholic family in Christchurch, New Zealand, the youngest of nine children.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer